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Early Hutt Marriages
1840
New Zealand Herald 04 Dec 1900
In June 1840 Charles William Keys was married at Petone by the Rev J. G. Butler, to Maria, eldest daughter of the late Mr Charles Hunt, a passenger
by the ‘Adelaide’. This was the first European wedding in the newly-formed Wellington settlement.
Earliest New Zealand: Journal of a Voyage out to New Zealand, 1840 by Hannah Butler (1927)
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1840 Jul 04 Married James Williams of Cloudy Bay, and Jane Florence. Mr Smith, Samuel Florence and myself present.
1840 Dec 25 Married Thos. William Tankersley to Sarah Draper – Mr Telford and Mr Burcham present, also Mr Burgess and Mrs Turner.
Marriage Register St Paul’s Pro-Cathedral Church, Wellington 07 Jun 1840 to 04 Nov 1856 – Alexander Turnbull Library Ref Micro MS 252
No.6 Thomas William Tankersley of Petoni, bachelor and Sarah Draper of Petoni, spinster were married at Petoni by License 25 Dec 1840 by J. G.
Butler. Witnesses: John Telford of Petoni, Merchant and Agnes? Burcham.
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1843
Marriage Register St Paul’s Pro-Cathedral Church, Wellington 07 Jun 1840 to 04 Nov 1856 – Alexander Turnbull Library Ref Micro MS 252
No.14 John Russell of Petoni, River Hutt, bachelor and Frances Swan of Petoni, spinster were married in this church by banns with consent of friends
04 Sep 1843 by Richard Taylor, M.A., Officiating Minister. Witnesses: Henry Russell of Petoni and Martha… of Petone.
The New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator 06 Sep 1843 Marriage [in Wellington?]
On the 4th September, Thomas Brightwell, formerly of Eydon, Northamptonshire, to Mary Ann Wright, formerly of Cornwall.
Marriage Register St Paul’s Pro-Cathedral Church, Wellington 07 Jun 1840 to 04 Nov 1856 – Alexander Turnbull Library Ref Micro MS 252
No.15 Richard Barton of Aglionby, widower and Hannah Butler of Pitone, spinster were married in the Native Church Petone by License 21 Sep 1843
by Robert Cole, M.A. Witnesses: … Smith of Wellington, Louise… Smith of Wellington. John Smith, Edmund Halswell, Robert Waitt, Samuel Revans
The New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator 23 Sep 1843 Errata
In our paper of September 6th in the notice of marriage of Thomas Brightwell, for Mary Ann Wright read Mary Ann Knight.
The New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator 22 Sep 1843
On 21st instant, at the Native Church Petoni, by Robert Cole, Clerk, M.A., Richard Barton, Esq., of Aglionby, on the Hutt, to Hannah, only daughter of
the late Rev John Butler, first resident clergyman in New Zealand, having commenced residence in the early part of 1819.
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1844
Marriage Register St Paul’s Pro-Cathedral Church, Wellington 07 Jun 1840 to 04 Nov 1856 – Alexander Turnbull Library Ref Micro MS 252
No.1 Josias Tucker of this district, bachelor and Elizabeth Williams of this district, spinster were married at Aglionby on the Hutt by banns 20 Jan 1844
by Robert Cole, M.A. Witnesses: John Hicks of Aglionby on the Hutt and the mark of Elizabeth Williams of Aglionby on the Hutt.
No.9 William Judd of this district, bachelor and Mary Jane Clarke Lansdale of this district, spinster were married at Pitone by banns 12 Aug 1844 by
Robert Cole, M.A. Witnesses: The mark of James Lansdale of Port Nicholson, … Maria Simpson of Pitone, William Bertram White, and the mark of
William Judd.
No.11 Henry Russell of this district, bachelor and Martha Rowe of this district, spinster were married at Aglionby by banns 14 Sep 1844 by Robert
Cole, M.A. Witnesses: The marks of Daniel Peck of Aglionby and Elizabeth Peck of Aglionby
1845
Marriage Register St Paul’s Pro-Cathedral Church, Wellington 07 Jun 1840 to 04 Nov 1856 – Alexander Turnbull Library Ref Micro MS 252
No.6 Edward Russell of this district, bachelor and Sarah Taverner of this district, spinster were married at Aglionby Church by banns 15 Mar 1845 by
Robert Cole, M.A. Witnesses: The mark of Matthew Shirley of Aglionby and Mary… of Aglionby.
1846
Marriage Register St Paul’s Pro-Cathedral Church, Wellington 07 Jun 1840 to 04 Nov 1856 – Alexander Turnbull Library Ref Micro MS 252
No.15 George Avery of this district, bachelor and Charlotte Tandy of this district, spinster were married at the River Hutt by banns 15 Dec 1846 by
Robert Cole, M.A. Witnesses: The marks of George Whiteman of the River Hutt and Caroline Williams of the River Hutt and Mary Ann Taverner. Also
William C. P. Williams?
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1847
Wellington Independent 22 May 1847 Marriage
On Friday, the 21st inst., by the Rev S. Ironside, Mr Thomas Frethey, farmer, to Miss Catherine Wilkie, both of the River Hutt.
Marriage Register St Paul’s Pro-Cathedral Church, Wellington 07 Jun 1840 to 04 Nov 1856 – Alexander Turnbull Library Ref Micro MS 252
No.7 William Barnett of this district, bachelor and Louisa Barrow of this district, spinster were married at the Hutt by license 16 Jun 1847 by Robert
Cole, M.A. Witnesses: … Canning? Of the Hutt District and the mark of Eliza Hooper of the Hutt District.
1848
Wellington Independent 25 Mar 1848 Marriage
On Monday, 20th instant, at the residence of Capt. Daniell, Bridge Town, River Hutt, by the Rev R. Cole, Capt. John Charles Walkden Wood, late of
the ‘Star of China’, to Miss Fanny Ellen, youngest daughter of Mr Charles Hunt.
Marriage Register St Paul’s Pro-Cathedral Church, Wellington 07 Jun 1840 to 04 Nov 1856 – Alexander Turnbull Library Ref Micro MS 252
No.10 John Charles Walkden Wood of Wellington, bachelor and Fanny Ellen Hunt of Wellington, spinster were married at the River Hutt by License 20
Mar 1848 by Robert Cole, M.A. Witnesses: Charles Himi? Of the River Hutt and Mary Trotter of the River Hutt
Sydney Morning Herald 21 Apr 1848 Marriage
On Monday, 20th March, at Bridge Town, River Hutt, by the Rev R. Cole, Captain John Charles Walkden Wood, late of the ‘Star of China’ to Miss
Fanny Ellen, youngest daughter of Mr Charles Hunt.
South Australian (Adelaide) 25 Aug 1848 Marriage
On the 19th instant, at Kercoonda, County Stanley, by the Rev Archdeacon Hale, John Jacob, Esq., of Woodlands, River Hutt, to Mary, third daughter
of the late Nathaniel Cowles, Esq., formerly of the Stock Exchange, London.
Wellington Independent 20 Sep 1848 Marriages
At Karori, on Tuesday, the 19th inst., by the Rev J. Watkin, Wesleyan Minister, Mr Alex. Monk to Miss Ann Maria Prebble; also, Mr Richard Prebble to
Miss Mary Elizabeth Whitehead, all of that place.
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1849
New Zealand Spectator and Cook’s Strait Guardian 23 May 1849 Marriage
On the 22nd inst., by the Rev R. Cole, M.A., J. W. Marshall, Esq., Paymaster 65th Regiment, to Mary, eldest daughter of W. Swainson, Esq., F.R.S.,
Hawkshead House, River Hutt.
Colonial Times (Hobart) 26 Jun 1849 Marriage
At Aglionby Church, on the 22nd of May, by the Rev. R. Cole, M.A., John W. Marshall, Esq., Paymaster, 65th Regiment, to Mary Frederica, eldest
daughter of William Swainson, Esq., F.R.S., Hawkshead, River Hutt, New Zealand.
Wellington Independent 11 Jul 1849 Marriage
On the 26th April, at Pahia, Bay of Islands, by the Venerable Archdeacon Williams, the Rev T. B. Hutton, of Wellington, to Sarah, second daughter of
the Ven. Archdeacon H. Williams, of Pahia.
1850
Marriages in the District of Wellington 1850
Folio 527 No.10 at River Hutt 08 Jan 1850 William George Plowman, above 21 years, butcher and Priscilla Fowler, under 21 years, spinster were
married in the Church of St James according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the United Church of England and Ireland by License with consent by
me, Thomas Biddulph Hutton, Officiating Minister in the presence of us Daniel Munro, Elizabeth Cameron and G. Cameron.
New Zealand Spectator and Cook’s Strait Guardian 24 Apr 1850 Marriage
At St. James’ Church, River Hutt, on the 20th inst., by the Rev T. B. Hutton, Mr D. P. McEuen, to Miss Annie Frances Bennett.
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1851
Wellington Independent 23 Aug 1851 Marriage
On the 2nd August, Mr John Mitchell to Miss Helen Brown, both of Upper Hutt.
Wellington Independent 24 Sep 1851 Marriage
On Saturday, 13th Sept., at St. James Church, Hutt, by the Rev T. Biddulph Hutton, John Charles Bidwell, Esquire, to Catherine, eldest daughter of
John Orbell, Esquire, Otago.
1852
New Zealand Spectator and Cook’s Strait Guardian 09 Jun 1852 Marriage
On Saturday, June 5th, by special license, at St Paul’s Church, by the Rev R. Cole, M.A., Mr Thomas Mills, Lambton Quay, to Elizabeth, widow of the
late Mr John Barry, of Wellington.
Wellington Independent 22 Dec 1852 Marriage
On Tuesday, the 14th inst., by License, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Hutt, by the Rev John Aldred, Mr Charles Edward Luxford, of the Hutt, to Miss
Elizabeth Ellen Fairhall, of Nelson.
1853
New Zealand Spectator and Cook’s Strait Guardian 02 Jul 1853 Marriage
On the 30th ult., at St. James’s Church, River Hutt, by special license, by the Rev T. B. Hutton, John Roy, Esq., Government Superintendent of Roads,
Province of Wellington, formerly of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to Mary, only daughter of Richard Barton, Esq., formerly of Sutherlandshire, Scotland.
Early Wellington by Louis E. Ward Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths from 1839-1866
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Marriage 1854 – Jan., Chas. Crosse – E. Thorby, at St Paul’s Hutt
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1856
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No.3 Married 11 Jan 1856 at the Episcopalian Church situate at the Taita by Thomas Biddulph Hutton and others
Edward Battersbee, bachelor, Hon. East India Company’s Service, aged 44yrs, resided at Te Aro, Wellington for 11 months
To Lydia Allen, spinster, aged 34yrs, resident at Lambton Quay, Wellington for 2yrs.
Date of Certificate: 11 Jan 1856
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No.8 Married 01 Feb 1856 at the Episcopalian Church situate at the Taita by Thomas Biddulph Hutton
William Scarrow, bachelor, labourer, aged 42yrs, resident at the Hutt for 7yrs
To Emma Hales, widow, aged 35yrs, resident at the Hutt for 7yrs
Date of Certificate: 01 Feb 1856
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No.12 Married 13 Feb 1856 at the Episcopalian Church situate at the Taita by Thomas Biddulph Hutton
Henry Death, bachelor, carter, aged 26yrs, resident at the Hutt for 2½yrs
To Eliza Ridler, spinster, aged 17yrs, resident with her father at the Hutt for 13yrs
Date of Certificate: 18 Feb 1856
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No.19 Married 01 Mar 1856 at the private residence of Mr William Roe, Waiwetu by Rev Charles Creed and others
William Austin, bachelor, shepherd, aged 20yrs, usually resident at Ahuriri but at present residing at Wellington for 12 days
To Ann Roe, spinster, aged 18yrs, resident at Waiwetu for 18 days
Date of Certificate: 17 Mar 1856
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No.20 Married 08 Mar 1856 at the private residence of Mr Judd, Stokes Valley by Rev Henry Gunton
John Judd, bachelor, labourer, aged 23yrs, resident at Stokes Valley, Hutt for 15yrs
To Catherine Eddy Thomas, spinster, aged 17yrs, resident at the Hutt for 16yrs
Date of Certificate: 11 Mar 1856
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No.23 Married 25 Mar 1856 at the private residence of Mr William Trotter, Hutt by Rev Charles Creed and others
William Trotter, widower, gardener, aged 60yrs, resident at the Hutt for 12yrs
To Emily Hunt, spinster, aged 38yrs, resident at the Hutt for 15yrs
Date of Certificate: 25 Mar 1856
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No.30 Married 21 Apr 1856 at St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Thorndon Flat by Rev Dr Viard and others
Michael McDonald, bachelor, surveyor, aged 24yrs, resident at Hutt Road for 6 weeks
To Ellen Barton, spinster, aged 19yrs, resident at the Depot, Thorndon Quay for 6 weeks
Date of Certificate: 06 May 1856
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No.39 Married 02 May 1856 at the private residence of Alexander Dalgity by Rev William Dron and others
Henry Knight, bachelor, Agriculturalist, aged 21yrs 3 months, resident at the Hutt for 16yrs
To Isabella Dalgity, spinster, aged 24yrs, resident at the Hutt for 14yrs
Date of Certificate: 02 May 1856
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No.41 Married 07 May 1856 at the Episcopalian church known as St Paul’s situate on Thorndon Flat by Rev Arthur Baker M.A. and others
Henry Parker, bachelor, farmer, aged 22½ yrs, resident at River Hutt for 15 years
Eleanor Hannah Aston, spinster, aged 21½ yrs, resident at Lambton Quay for about 18 months
Date of Certificate: 07 May 1856
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No.44 Married 23 May 1856 at the private residence of Joseph Cayley Waiwetu Road by Rev James Buller and others
John Lewis, bachelor, farmer, aged 28yrs, resident at Waiwetu for about six months
Celia McHardie, widow, 24yrs, resident at Waiwetu Road for about 13 months
Date of Certificate: 16 Jun 1856
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No.45 Married 27 May 1856 at the private residence of Mr George Hill at the Hutt by Rev Charles Creed and others
Richard Edward Pearse, bachelor, farmer, aged 22yrs, resident at the Hutt for 15yrs
Charlotte Hill, spinster, aged 18yrs, resident with her father about 15yrs
Date of Certificate: 27 May 1856
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No.50 Married 26 Jun 1856 at the private residence of Mr Swainson, Hutt by Rev William Kirton and others
Duncan McKenzie, bachelor, gardener, aged 32yrs, resident at the Hutt for about 18 months
Isabella Christie, spinster, domestic servant, aged 18yrs, resident at the Hutt for about 4 yrs
Date of Certificate: “Certificate not yet issued.” – This was issued in the next quarter’s return on 11 Jul 1856
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No.52 Married 08 Jul 1856 at the private residence of William Thomas at the Hutt by Rev Henry Green and others
Almon Boulcott, bachelor, settler, aged 39yrs, resident at the Hutt for about 14yrs
Eliza Lavinia Hopton, spinster, daughter of Robert Hopton deceased, resident at the Hutt for about 15yrs
Date of Certificate: 23 Jul 1856
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No.62 Married 10 Sep 1856 at the Episcopalian Church situate at the Taita by Rev Thomas Biddulph Hutton and others
John Henry William Simmonds, bachelor, settler, aged 22yrs 7 months, resident at Upper Hutt upwards of four months
Johannah McClellen, spinster, aged 16yrs, dau of James McClellen of the Upper Hutt settler, resident Upper Hutt upwards of 4 months
Date of Certificate: 25 Sep 1856
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No.65 Married 16 Sep 1856 at the Episcopalian Church known as St James, Hutt by Rev Thomas Biddulph Hutton and others
James William Moorhouse, widower, Veterinary Surgeon, aged 26yrs, resident at the Hutt for about 4 months
Emily Chennon, spinster, aged 23yrs, resident at the Hutt upwards of 3yrs
Date of Certificate: 16 Sep 1856
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No.67 Married 26 Sep 1856 at the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Wellington known as St Mary’s by Rev J. J. P. O’Reilly and others
Alfred Hornbrook, bachelor, stockman, aged 41yrs, resident at Port Victoria – at present resident at Wellington upwards of 6 weeks
Sarah Ann Francis Hewitt, spinster, aged 25yrs, resident at the Hutt upwards of 12yrs
Date of Certificate: 26 Sep 1856
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No.70 Married 06 Oct 1856 at the Episcopalian Church Taita known as Christ Church by Rev Thomas Biddulph Hutton and others
William Read Welch, bachelor, farmer, aged 25yrs, resident at the Hutt for about 16yrs
Sarah Arabella Hedley, spinster, daughter of George Hedley, aged 21yrs, resident with her father at the Hutt for about five years
Date of Certificate: 06 Oct 1856
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No.86 Married 09 Dec 1856 at the Episcopalian Church Taita known as Christ Church by Rev Thomas Biddulph Hutton and others
Thomas Dew, bachelor, labourer, aged 25yrs, resident at Taitai upwards of 15yrs
Elizabeth Stoodley, spinster, aged 17yrs, resident with her father at Karori for about 16yrs
Date of Certificate: 24 Dec 1856
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1857
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No.2 Married 19 Jan 1857 at the private residence of Elizabeth Reid on Hutt Road by Rev William Dron and others
James Milne, bachelor, agriculturalist, aged 32yrs, resident at Taita for 3yrs
Elizabeth Reid, spinster, dressmaker, aged about 32yrs, resident at Hutt for about 12 months
Date of Certificate: 03 Feb 1857
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No.11 Married 16 Feb 1857 at the private residence of the Rev William Kirton, Wellington Terrace by Rev William Kirton and others
James Hogan, bachelor, sawyer, aged 28yrs, resident at Lower Hutt upwards of 2yrs
Charlotte Deer, spinster, domestic servant, aged 22yrs, resident at Wellington Terrace about 18yrs
Date of Certificate: 16 Feb 1857
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No.14 Married 19 Feb 1857 at the Episcopalian Church known as Christ Church situate at the Taita by Rev Thomas B. Hutton and others
Alfred Keys, bachelor, carpenter, aged 27yrs, resident at Hutt 3yrs
Jane Susannah Welch, spinster, dau of William & Ann Welch, aged 19yrs 5mths, resident with her parents at the Taita upwards of 17yrs
Date of Certificate: 19 Feb 1857
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No.15 Married 19 Feb 1857 at the Episcopalian Church known as Christ Church situate at the Taita by Rev Thomas B. Hutton and others
Henry Meager, bachelor, carpenter, aged 26yrs, resident at Hutt 3yrs
Elizabeth Eliza Welch, spinster, dau of William & Ann Welch, aged 22yrs, resident with her parents at the Taita upwards of 17yrs
Date of Certificate: 19 Feb 1857
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No.16 Married 19 Feb 1857 at the private residence of Rev William Dron on the Hutt Road by Rev William Dron and others
John Wilkie, bachelor, baker, aged 21½yrs, resident at River Hutt about 16yrs
Elizabeth White, spinster, aged 21½yrs, resident at River Hutt upwards of 15yrs
Date of Certificate: 06 Mar 1857
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No.26 Married 16 Mar 1857 at the Episcopalian Church known as St Innis, Hutt by Rev Thomas B. Hutton and others
John Webb, bachelor, aged 49yrs, resident at 2nd Valley Hutt upwards of 18yrs
Mary Ann ‘Agana’, spinster, upwards of 21yrs, an aboriginal native woman, resident at 2nd Valley Hutt about 4yrs
Date of Certificate: 31 Mar 1857
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No.35 Married 14 Apr 1857 at the Roman Catholic Church known as St Mary’s Thorndon by Rev Dr Viard and others
Alfred James Holden, bachelor, labourer, aged 29yrs, resident at Upper Hutt about three months
‘Taia’ (Fanny), widow, about 38yrs, an aboriginal native woman, resident at Upper Hutt about three months
Date of Certificate: 29 Apr 1857
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No.39 Married 21 Apr 1857 at the private residence of Rev William Kirton, Wellington Terrace by Rev William Kirton and others
John Condon, bachelor, carpenter, aged 32yrs, resident at Upper Hutt about four months
Sarah Hastings, spinster, about 30yrs, domestic servant, resident at Wellington about four months
Date of Certificate: 21 Apr 1857
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No.40 Married 24 Apr 1857 at the Episcopalian Church known as ‘Christ Church’ Taita, Hutt by Rev Thomas Biddulph Hutton and others
William Catt, widower, labourer, aged 31yrs, resident at Hutt upwards of four weeks
Mary Ann Morris, spinster, 25yrs, resident at Taita upwards of four weeks
Date of Certificate: 09 May 1857
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No.44 Married 07 May 1857 at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Hutt by Rev J. Forest and others
Charles Cudby, bachelor, sawyer, aged 21yrs 4 months, resident at Upper Hutt for seven days
Elizabeth Payne, spinster, 20yrs, daughter of Jos. Payne, resident at Upper Hutt for seven days
Date of Certificate: 22 May 1857
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No.45 Married 05 May 1857 at the Free Church of Scotland, Hutt Road by Rev William Dron and others
William Sansom, bachelor, sawyer, aged 23yrs, resident at Hutt for about 15 years
Agnes Galloway, spinster, 17yrs, resident with her parents at the Hutt for about 17 years
Date of Certificate: 18 May 1857
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No.47 Married 22 May 1857 at the Episcopalian Church known as St James in the Hutt by Rev Thomas Biddulph Hutton and others
Thomas Heywood, bachelor, stock-keeper, aged 31yrs, resident at ‘Te Waite’, at present at the Hutt for one month
Mary Ann Solley, spinster, 22yrs, resident at the Hutt for about 12 months
Date of Certificate: 22 May 1857
Wellington Independent 24 Jun 1857 Marriage
At Wellington, on Tuesday, the 23rd June 1857, Mr Charles Sage, Shoemaker, to Miss Sarah Ann Smith, both of the Hutt.
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No.79 Married 12 Oct 1857 at the private residence of Mr William Trotter, Hutt by Rev Smithen Jones (?) and others
George Webster Osbaldiston, bachelor, settler, aged 37yrs, resident at Hutt Road for 3½ years
Fanny Ellen Wood, widow, dressmaker, 35yrs, resident at Hutt Road for about 17 years
Date of Certificate: 12 Oct 1857
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No.86 Married 28 Nov 1857 at the Episcopalian Church at the Taita known as Christ Church by Rev Thos. Biddulph Hutton and others
Edward Hall, bachelor, carter, aged 26yrs, resident at Thorndon Flat for 4 years
Caroline Peck, spinster, 15yrs, resident with her father at the Hutt for about 15 years
Date of Certificate: 15 Dec 1857
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No.87 Married 03 Dec 1857 at the Episcopalian Church known as St James, Hutt by Rev Thos. Biddulph Hutton and others
George Death, bachelor, settler, aged 26yrs, resident at Hutt for 1¼ years
Phillippa Jane Poad, spinster, daughter of Thomas Poad, 19yrs, resident with her father at the Hutt upwards of 17 years
Date of Certificate: 03 Dec 1857
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No.88 Married 08 Dec 1857 at the Episcopalian Church known as St James, Hutt by Rev Thos. Biddulph Hutton and others
William Taylor, widower, carpenter, aged 49yrs, resident at River Hutt for upwards of 17 years
Mary Fowler, widow, about 45yrs, resident at River Hutt for upwards of 17 years
Date of Certificate: 29 Dec 1857. Note in margin: married Feb 25/26
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No.90 Married 10 Dec 1857 at the private residence of Thomas Watson, Hutt Road by Rev Jonathan Innes and others
Thomas Watson, bachelor, tailor, aged 25yrs, resident at Hutt about 2 years
Mary Ann Calicott, spinster, domestic servant, aged 23yrs, resident at Wellington for 3 years
Date of Certificate: 04 Jan 1858
Wellington Independent 30 Dec 1857 Marriage
On the 29th inst., at St James, River Hutt, by the Rev T. B. Hutton, John youngest son of the late James Laing, Esq., Merchant, Cupar, Fifeshire,
Scotland, to Christina Margaretta, eldest daughter of Charles Brown, Esq., of Wellington, New Zealand. Also at the same time by the Rev T. B.
Hutton, Alexander, third son of the late Rev Alexander Kennedy, Minister of Jura and Colonsay, Argyleshire, Scotland to Martha Ridgway, second
daughter of Charles Brown, Esq., of Wellington, New Zealand.
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1858
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No.11 Married 13 Feb 1858 at the Hotel known as “The Traveller’s Rest” by Rev William Kirton and others
Alexander Blair, bachelor, master mariner, aged 25yrs, resident at Ahuriri, at present Wellington for 2 days
Isabella McDonnell, spinster, aged 21 years 11 months, resident at Hutt for 1 year
Date of Certificate: 15 Feb 1858
Hawke’s Bay Herald 27 Feb 1858 Marriage
On Thursday the 18th of February, 1858, at the Taitai, by the Rev William Kirton, Mr Alexander Blair, Master of the schooner ‘Sea Serpent’ of Ahuriri,
to Isabella, seventh daughter of the late Archibald McDonnell, Glengarry, Scotland.
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No.12 Married 15 Feb 1858 at the Episcopalian church known as St Paul’s, Wellington by Rev Arthur Baker, M.A., and others
John Dew, bachelor, sawyer, aged 22yrs, resident at Hutt for 17 years
Elizabeth Hall, spinster, aged 23 years, resident at Hutt for about 12 months
Date of Certificate: 18 Mar 1858
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No.15 Married 08 Mar 1858 at the Episcopalian church known as St James situated at the Hutt, by Rev Thomas B. Hutton, and others
John Jones, widower, baker, aged 39yrs, resident at Hutt for about 2 years
Eliza Taylor, spinster, aged 22 years, resident at Hutt for about 8 months
Date of Certificate: 23 Mar 1858
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No.19 Married 20 Mar 1858 at the Episcopalian church known as St James situated at the Hutt, by Rev Thomas B. Hutton, and others
George Sisson Cooper, bachelor, Esquire, aged 32yrs, resident at Napier, at present Wellington for 3 days
Ellen Chaffers Riddiford, spinster, aged 18 years, resident with her father at the Hutt for about 18 years
Date of Certificate: 20 Mar 1858
Wellington Independent 27 Mar 1858 Marriage
On Thursday, 25th March, at St. James’ Church, Hutt, by the Rev T. Biddulph Hutton, George Sisson Cooper, Esq., J.P., of Napier, Ahuriri,
Commissioner for the purchase of Native Lands for the Hawke’s Bay District, to Ellen Chaffers, eldest daughter of Daniel Riddiford, Esq., of Woburn,
the Hutt.
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No.20 Married 30 Mar 1858 at the Episcopalian Church known as St James in the Hutt by Rev Henry Woodford St Hill and others
James Bowler, bachelor, labourer, aged 29yrs, resident at Hutt for 6 years
Elizabeth Deering, spinster, domestic servant, aged 20 years, resident at Hutt for 2 years
Date of Certificate: 14 Apr 1858
Wellington Independent 24 Apr 1858 Marriage
At the Episcopal Church, Hutt, on the 21st inst., by the Rev H. W. St. Hill, Robert Stillingfleet Rayner, Esq., of Rangitikei, to Jane Russell, fourth
daughter of Frederick John Knox, Esq., Surgeon.
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No.22 Married 09 Apr 1858 at the Episcopalian Church known as St James in the Hutt by Rev Henry Woodford St Hill and others
Robert Stillingfleet Rayner, bachelor, settler, aged 23yrs, resident at Rangitikei, at present Wellington for 5 days
Jane Russell Knox, spinster, aged 22 years, resident at Hutt for upwards of 10 years
Date of Certificate: 10 Apr 1858
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No.23 Married 12 Apr 1858 at the private residence of William Bassett, Hutt Road by Rev Jonathan Innes and others
Edward Humphrey, bachelor, shoemaker, aged 33yrs, resident at Hutt for upwards of 2 years
Emma Jane Rooks, spinster, aged 20 years, resident at Hutt for upwards of 17 years
Date of Certificate: 30 Apr 1858
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No.25 Married 19 Apr 1858 at the Episcopalian Church known as St James, Lower Hutt by Rev H. W. St Hill and others
Henry Southee, bachelor, sawyer, aged 23yrs, resident at Taitai for 17 years
Eliza Cattell, spinster, aged 17 years, resident at Hutt for 17 years
Date of Certificate: 04 May 1858
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No.29 Married 05 May 1858 at the Episcopalian Church known as Christ Church, Taitai by Rev H. W. St Hill and others
Hugh Canning, bachelor, stonemason, aged 33yrs, resident at Hutt for 12 years
Fanny Maria Batcheldor Brown, widow, aged 22 years, resident at Hutt for 10 years
Date of Certificate: 17 May 1858
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No.37 Married 17 May 1858 at the Episcopalian Church known as St Paul’s, Wellington by Rev A. Baker, M.A., and others
James Clemmet, bachelor, seaman, aged 26yrs, resident at the Hutt for 6 months
Jane Bruce, spinster, aged 30 years, resident at the Hutt for 6 months
Date of Certificate: 01 June 1858
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No.38 Married 19 May 1858 at the private residence of John Campbell, Karori by Rev W. Kirton and others
David Hughey, bachelor, farmer, aged 29yrs, resident at Taita for 17 years
Elizabeth Port, spinster, aged 24 years, resident at Wellington for about 1 year
Date of Certificate: 03 June 1858
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No.39 Married 28 May 1858 at the private residence of Rev W. Kirton, Wellington Terrace by Rev W. Kirton and others
Frankland Valentine, bachelor, Private in the Police, aged 20 years 11 months, resident at Hutt for 14 months
Eliza Tolhurst, spinster, aged 16 years, resident at Wellington for 16 years
Date of Certificate: 12 June 1858
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No.47 Married 17 Jun 1858 at the private residence of Rev W. Kirton, Wellington Terrace by Rev W. Kirton and others
Peter Anderson Wilkie, bachelor, storekeeper, aged 21 years, resident at Hutt for 7 years
Eliza Bentinck White, spinster, aged 18 years, residing with her father, Joseph White, at the Hutt for 12 years
Date of Certificate: 05 July 1858
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No.48 Married 17 Jun 1858 at the private residence of Rev W. Kirton, Wellington Terrace by Rev W. Kirton and others
George Watterson, bachelor, labourer, aged 21 years, resident at Hutt for 5 years
Mary McDonald, spinster, aged 21 years, resident at the Hutt for 5 years
Date of Certificate: 05 July 1858
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No.49 Married 21 Jun 1858 at the Episcopalian Church in Willis Street known as St Peters by Rev A. Stock, B.A., and others
Stephen Adolphus Swaysland, bachelor, sawyer, aged 32 years, resident at Hutt for 2½ years
Margaret Ann Bennett, spinster, aged 22 years, resident at the Hutt for 10 years
Date of Certificate: 21 June 1858
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No.52 Married 08 Jul 1858 at the Episcopalian Church in Willis Street known as St Peters by Rev A. Stock, B.A., and others
William Hercock, bachelor, sawyer, aged 23 years, resident at Upper Hutt for about 18 months
Catherine Meiklejohn Reid, spinster, aged 15 years, resident at the Upper Hutt with her father Thomas Reid for 15 years
Date of Certificate: 09 August 1858
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No.55 Married 29 Jul 1858 at the Episcopalian Church in Willis Street known as St Peters by Rev A. Stock, B.A., and others
Henry Norman, bachelor, grazier, aged 26 years, resident at Wellington for 3 days
Mary Ann Edwards, spinster, aged 19 years, resident at the Hutt with her father Robert Edwards for 10 years
Date of Certificate: 29 July 1858
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No.65 Married 10 Sep 1858 at the Episcopalian Church in Willis Street known as St Peters by Rev A. Stock, B.A., and others
Herman Laurenson, bachelor, mariner, aged 25 years, resident at Wellington for 2½ years
Ellen Goodwin, spinster, aged 23 years, resident at the Hutt for 2½ years
Date of Certificate: 10 September 1858
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No.67 Married 13 Sep 1858 at the Office of the Registrar of Marriages at Wellington by J. E. Smith, Registrar of Marriages, and others
Thomas Poad, widower, smith and farrier, aged 47 years, resident at the Hutt for 19 years
Diana Death, spinster, aged 47 years, resident at the Hutt for 9 months
Date of Certificate: 13 September 1858
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No.72 Married 13 Oct 1858 at the Episcopalian Church known as St James Hutt by Rev T. B. Hutton and others
Thomas Coldham Williams, bachelor, settler, full age, resident at the Hutt for about 2 months
Anne Palmer Beetham, spinster, aged about 20 years, resident at the Hutt with her father William Beetham for about 3 years
Date of Certificate: 18 October 1858
Daily Southern Cross 05 Nov 1858 Marriage
On the 20th October, 1858, at St James’ Church, Hutt near Wellington, Thomas Coldham, son of Archdeacon Henry Williams, to Annie Palmer,
daughter of William Beetham, Esq., of the Hutt.
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No.73 Married 16 Oct 1858 at the private residence of Robert McAlley at the Hutt by Rev J. Thom and others
Robert McAlley, widower, farmer, aged 34yrs, resident at the Hutt for 6 years
Catherine Gilchrist, aged about 26 years, resident at the Hutt for 10 months
Date of Certificate: 16 October 1858
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No.79 Married 28 Oct 1858 at the private residence of Mr D. Dick, Wainuiomata by Rev J. Thom and others
Thomas Prouse, bachelor, farmer, aged 34yrs, resident at Porirua Road for 6 weeks
Margaret Dick, spinster, aged 18 years, resident at Wainuiomata with her father David Dick for 11 years
Date of Certificate: 30 October 1858
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No.82 Married 13 Nov 1858 at the residence of Rev W. Kirton, Wellington Terrace, Wellington by Rev W. Kirton and others
Joseph Hall, widower, wheelwright, full age, resident at Hutt for 3 months
Jane Clark, spinster, full age, resident at Hutt for 1 month
Date of Certificate: 13 November 1858
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No.93 Married 24 Dec 1858 at the Episcopalian Church known as St James Hutt by Rev H. W. St Hill and others
James Thomas, bachelor, butcher, aged 22yrs, resident at Hutt for 18 months
Rebecca Heaynes, spinster, aged 21yrs, resident at Hutt for 9 months
Date of Certificate: 24 December 1858
Note: There is a second entry – see 1859 No.48
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No.95 Married 28 Dec 1858 at the Free Church of Scotland Hutt by Rev J. Thom and others
Henry Swain, bachelor, labourer, aged 21yrs, resident at Ngauranga for 10 weeks
Mary Elizabeth Roe, spinster, aged 18yrs, resident at Waiwetu with her father William Roe for 17 years
Date of Certificate: 28 December 1858
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1859
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No.6 Married 27 Jan 1859 at the Episcopalian church known as St James at the Hutt by Rev Arthur Stock and others
George Abraham Partridge, bachelor, labourer, aged 33yrs, resident at Wainuiomata for 3 years
Mary Ann Heayns, spinster, aged 22yrs, resident at Waiwetu for about a year
Date of Certificate: 11 February 1859
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No.15 Married 11 Mar 1859 at the private residence of William Tannahill (father) by Rev Jonathan Innes and others
James William Fox, bachelor, bricklayer, aged 23yrs, resident at Stokes Valley for 2 years
Helen Burns Tannahill, spinster, aged 18yrs, resident at Taitai for about 4 years (consent given by her father, William Tannahill)
Date of Certificate: 21 March 1859
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No.16 Married 21 Mar 1859 at the Wesleyan Chapel at the Hutt by Rev Jonathan Innes and others
Henry Farr Smith, bachelor, shoemaker, aged 22yrs, resident at Wellington for 8 years
Ann Jefford Sellers, spinster, aged 22yrs, resident at Hutt for 10 years
Date of Certificate: 21 March 1859
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No.18 Married 28 Mar 1859 at the private residence of Alexander Yule at the Taitai by Rev J. Thom and others
Robert Yule, bachelor, stockholder, aged 23yrs, resident at Upper Hutt for 5 weeks
Isabella Couper, spinster, about 18yrs, resident at Lower Hutt for 6 or 7 years (consent given by her mother, Margaret Couper)
Date of Certificate: 28 March 1859
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No.42 Married 27 Jun 1859 at the private residence of Mrs Speedy at the Hutt by Rev J. Thom and others
William Speedy, bachelor, inspector of sheep, aged 27yrs, at present residing at the Hutt 14 days and upwards
Fanny Groves, spinster, 17yrs 6 months, at present residing at the Hutt 7 days and upwards (consent given by her father, John Groves)
Date of Certificate: 27 June 1859
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No.48 Married 04 Jul 1859 at the Episcopalian Church known as St James Hutt by Rev H. W. St Hill and others
James Thomas, bachelor, butcher, aged 22yrs, resident at Hutt for 2 years
Rebecca Heaynes, spinster, aged 21yrs 6 months, resident at Hutt for 18 months
Date of Certificate: 08 August 1859
Note: This is a second entry – the previous being 1858 No.93
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No.57 Married 31 Aug 1859 at the private residence of William Bassett, Hutt Road by Rev Jonathan Innes and others
Joseph Gigger, bachelor, labourer, aged 34yrs, resident at Hutt for 4 years
Elizabeth Bassett, spinster, 18yrs, residing with her father, Hutt, about 18 years (consent given by her father, William Bassett)
Date of Certificate: 31 August 1859
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No.58 Married 05 Sep 1859 at the Episcopalian Church in Wellington known as ‘St Peters’ by Rev Arthur Stock and others
John Masters, bachelor, sawyer, aged 23yrs, resident at Hutt for 16 years
Eliza Eglinton, spinster, 27yrs, residing at Wellington for 18 years
Date of Certificate: 21 September 1859
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No.59 Married 08 Sep 1859 at the private residence of Mrs Margaret Cooper, Taitai by Rev John Thom and others
Edward Harris, bachelor, farmer, aged 24yrs, resident at Taitai for 16 years
Mary Ann Daysh, spinster, 20yrs, residing at Taitai for 16 years (consent given by her father, John Daysh)
Date of Certificate: 09 September 1859
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No.60 Married 08 Sep 1859 at the private residence of Mrs Margaret Cooper, Taitai by Rev John Thom and others
Richman Daysh, bachelor, farmer, aged 22yrs, resident at Taitai for 16 years
Janet Cooper, spinster, 20yrs, residing at Taitai for 6 or 7 years (consent given by her mother, Margaret Cooper)
Date of Certificate: 09 September 1859
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No.65 Married 15 Oct 1859 at the Episcopalian Church at the Hutt known as ‘St James’ by Rev Harry Woodford St Hill and others
William Cocking, bachelor, sawyer, aged 35yrs, resident at Hutt for 19 years
Ann Maria Bovey, spinster, about 30yrs, residing at Hutt for 9 months
Date of Certificate: 11 November 1859
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No.73 Married 12 Dec 1859 at the Episcopalian Church at the Hutt known as ‘St James’ by Rev Harry Woodford St Hill and others
George Frederick Swainson, bachelor, surveyor, aged 30yrs, resident at Wellington for 18 years
Mary Anne Arrowsmith, spinster, 26yrs, residing at Hutt for 3 years
Date of Certificate: 27 December 1859
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No.74 Married 17 Dec 1859 at the private residence of Abraham Harris at the Hutt by Rev John Thom and others
Thomas Harris, bachelor, farmer, aged 20yrs 4 months, resident at Taita for 18 years
Phoebe Anne Rayner, spinster, 19yrs, residing at Taita for 5 years
Date of Certificate: 21 December 1859
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1860
Wellington Independent 04 Sep 1860 Marriage
On the 9th August, at the Catholic Cathedral of Wellington, by his Lordship Bishop Viard, D.D., Simon Moan, late of Scotland, to Cecelia Mary Rush, of
the Hutt, second daughter of Mrs John Rush Steele, of the Hutt.
Wellington Independent 07 Dec 1860 Marriage
At Fountain Hall, Te Aro, Wellington, on the 8th November, by the Rev W. Kirton, Mr John Speedy, to Miss Diana Bruce, both of the Hutt.
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1861
Wellington Independent 15 Mar 1861 Marriage
Feb 18, at Arowenua, Timaru, by the Rev G. Foster, Frederick James, only son of F. A. Carrington, Esq., C.E., of Taranaki, to Charlotte, second
daughter of David Smith, Esq., Upper Hutt, Wellington.
Wellington Independent 09 Apr 1861 Marriage
23rd March, at the Scotch Church at the Hutt, by the Rev J. Duncan, Mr L. Cross, of the Upper Hutt, to Annie, only daughter of the late Mr Wm.
Franklin, of Westbury, Buckingham, England.
Wellington Independent 07 Jun 1861 Marriage
On the 1st June, by the Rev James Duncan, at the Residence of the Bride’s father, Woodlawn, Hutt, Edward Braithwaite, Esq., Lieut. H.R.V., to Julia,
youngest daughter of John Bailey, Esq., Adelaide, South Australia
South Australian Register 06 Jul 1861 Marriage
On the 1st June, by the Rev. James Duncan, at the residence of the bride’s brother, Woodlawn, Hutt, New Zealand, Edward Braithwaite, Esq.,
Lieutenant H.R.V., to Julia, youngest daughter of John Bailey Esq., of Hackney.
Wellington Independent 06 Sep 1861 Marriage
On the 15th August, at Wellington, by the Rev W. Kirton, Mr Francis Buck, junior, to Hannah, eldest daughter of Mr Joseph Lawson, settler, Hutt, both
of Wellington.
Wellington Independent 08 Oct 1861 Marriage
On the 3rd October, at St James Church, the Hutt, Wellington, by the Right Rev the Lord Bishop of Wellington, Malcolm, youngest son of William
Fraser, Esq., of Clifton, Gloucestershire, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Daniel Riddiford, Esq., of Woburn, the Hutt, Wellington.
Wellington Independent 06 Dec 1861 Marriage
On Monday, 5th December, at Tinakori Road, by the Rev W. Kirton, George, son of Samuel Burnett, Farmer, Taita, to Mary, second daughter of Mr
Jonathan Bamford, of Wellington.
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Wellington Independent 24 Jun 1862
At St James’ Church, the Hutt, on Tuesday, the 17th instant, by the Rev G. H. Johnston, Thomas Mullins, to Jane, eldest daughter of Hugh Cleland,
Captain of the Hutt Rifle Volunteers
Wellington Independent 21 Aug 1862 Marriage
On the 20th instant, at St Peter’s Church, by the Rev A. Stock, Mr James Barber, to Miss Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr W. Southey, Hutt.
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1863
Wellington Independent 10 Jan 1863 Marriage
On the 4th instant, at the Lower Hutt Wesleyan Chapel, by the Rev. J. Aldred, Mr John Haslem to Miss Harriet Burt.
Dominion 11 Jan 1913 Golden Wedding
On the 10th January 1863 at Taita, by the Rev Joshua Smith, Peter C. McEwen, to Sarah, fifth daughter of John Daysh, farmer, Taita.
Wellington Independent 03 Feb 1863 Marriage
Feb 2, 1863, at Wellington, by the Rev John Moir, Mr Dean Francis Burt to Miss Jane White, both of the Hutt.
Wellington Independent 26 Mar 1863 Marriage
March 17, at Wellington, by the Rev John Moir, Allan Cameron, Esq., sheepfarmer, Province of Wellington, to Margaret, daughter of William Miller,
Esq., proprietor of the Commercial Hotel.
Wellington Independent 16 Jun 1863 Marriage
June 13, at the residence of Mr Enoch Odling, by the Rev John Crump, Mr James Bayliss, to Mary Ann Williams, both of the Upper Hutt.
Wellington Independent 25 Jun 1863 Marriage
By special license, at the Episcopal Church, Hutt, by the Rev. G. R. Johnstone, Robert Ralph, farmer, to Harriet Peck, widow of the late Chas. Peck,
of Turakina – both of the Hutt.
Wellington Independent 09 Jul 1863 Marriage
June 10 at the Upper Hutt, by the Rev. J. Aldred, Mr W. T. Spackman to Louisa eldest daughter of Mr Butler.
By special license, at the Episcopal Church, Hutt, by the Rev G. R. Johnstone, Robert Ralph, farmer, to Harriet Peck, widow of the late Charles Peck,
of Turakina – both of the Hutt.
Wellington Independent 10 Sep 1863 Marriage
August 11, 1863, at St Peter’s Church, Wellington, by the Rev G. H. Johnston, William Cleland, to Eunice Hester Percy, both of the Hutt.
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Wellington Independent 17 Sep 1863 Marriage
September 15, by the Rev J. Aldred, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Manners-street, Wellington, Mr James Pierce, to Lutitia, youngest daughter of Mr
Joseph Lawson, all of the Upper Hutt.
Wellington Independent 22 Sep 1863 Marriage
September 17, at St James’ Church, Hutt, by the Rev. G. H. Johnstone, Richmond, eldest son of William Beetham, Esq., Te Marko, Hutt, to Lucilla
Frances, second daughter of the late William Swainson, F.R.S.
Wellington Independent 01 Oct 1863 Marriage
On Thursday, September 24, at the Hutt, by the Rev Mr Johnston, Mr Samuel Weston, to Sarah Elizabeth, only daughter of Mr Young, both of the
Hutt.
Daily Southern Cross 05 Oct 1863 Marriage
On Sept 17, at St James’ Church, Hutt, Wellington, by the Rev. G. H. Johnstone, Richmond, eldest son of William Beetham, Esq., Te Mako, Hutt, to
Lucilla Frances, second daughter of the late William Swainson, F.R.S.
Wellington Independent 05 Oct 1863 Marriage
October 1, 1863, at St Paul’s Church, Thorndon, by the Rev Frederick Thatcher, B.A., Mr Frederick Cooper, of Wellington, carrier, to Miss Ellen
Louisa Carpenter, only child of Mr Robert Holt Carpenter, bookseller, of Wellington, formerly of Bath, Somersetshire, England.
Wellington Independent 10 Oct 1863 Marriage
On Thursday, September 24, at the Hutt, by the Rev. G. H. Johnstone, Mr Samuel Weston, to Sarah Elizabeth, only daughter of Mr Young, both of the
Hutt.
Wellington Independent 31 Oct 1863 Marriage
October 28, at the Wesleyan Church, Taita, by the Rev John Crump, Mr John Hallerd, of Wairarapa, to Miss Elizabeth Robinson, of Taita.
Wellington Independent 08 Dec 1863 Marriage
At St James, Hutt, on the 3rd inst., by the Rev G. H. Johnstone, Arthur William Follet Halcombe, of Westoe, Rangitikei, to Edith Stanway, third
daughter of the late William Swainson, F.R.S.
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Wellington Independent 22 Dec 1863 Marriage
On Wednesday, Dec 9, 1863, at the Taita Church, by the Right Rev the Lord Bishop of Wellington, assisted by the Rev J. E. Herring; the Rev G. H.
Johnstone, late acting chaplain of Otahuhu, Auckland, and of the Hutt Valley, Wellington, to Aline, daughter of Major Von Tunzelmann, of Oesil,
Livonia, Russia.
1864
Wellington Independent 23 Jun 1864 Marriage
On the 18th June, at St James Church, Hutt, by the Right Rev the Lord Bishop of Wellington, assisted by the Rev J. E. Herring, William J. Willis, Esq.,
R.M., Lieut. H. M. 2nd Batt. 14th Regiment to Amelia, third daughter of D. Riddiford, Esq., of Woburn, Hutt. No cards.
Wellington Independent 28 Jun 1864 Marriage
On the 18th June, at Hawkshead Lodge, Hutt, by the Rev W. Watkin, John Austin, Esq., of Blenheim, to Miss Agnes Fowler, step-daughter of William
Taylor, Esq., Hutt. No cards.
New Zealand Spectator and Cook’s Strait Guardian and Wellington Independent 15 Oct 1864
At the Upper Hutt, on 21st September, by the Rev John Muir, Mr William Smith, farmer, to Miss Isabella Aitcheson.
Wellington Independent 18 Oct 1864 Marriage
On Saturday, the 15th October, at the Free Kirk, Wellington, by the Rev J. Moir, Mr Lancelot Holmes, of Wellington, to Miss Rachel Caroline Bishop, of
Stepney, London.
New Zealand Spectator and Cook’s Strait Guardian 02 Nov 1864 Marriage
On the 26th October, at the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev W. Watkin, William, eldest son of Mr C. Cundy, Fernside, Wairarapa, to Alice
Jane, eldest daughter of J. A’Court, Wai-wera-wera, Hutt.
Wellington Independent 12 Nov 1864 Marriage
On the 20th October, in the Presbyterian Church, Willis-street, by the Rev John Moir, Charles Samuel Barnes, Esq., of Hawke’s Bay, to Margaret
Speedy, daughter of the late Mr Speedy, Hutt.
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Wellington Independent 06 Dec 1864 Marriage
On the 22nd November, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Manners-street, by the Rev Isaac Harding, George, third son of Mr John Fitchett, Wellington to Miss
Eliza, third daughter of Mr John Southee, Hutt.
1865
Wellington Independent 14 Jan 1865 Marriage
On Dec 29th, 1864, at Christ church, Taita, by the Rev J. E. Herring, Curate of the Parish, Mr Edmund Mudgway, to Mary Ann, daughter of Mr Charles
White, Lower Hutt.
Wellington Independent 21 Mar 1865 Marriage
On the 18th March, at the Registry Office, Mr Joseph Heyward, of Wairarapa, to Annie, eldest daughter of Mr Robert Buckeridge, Hutt.
Wellington Independent 27 Jul 1865 Marriage
On the 21st July, at the Primitive Methodist Church, Wellington, by the Rev C. Waters, Mr Andrew Jas. Whyte, of the Hutt, to Mary Ann, eldest
daughter of James Taylor, Esq., M.P.C., Porirua.
Wellington Independent 12 Sep 1865 Marriage
On the 9th Sept., at the Hutt, by the Rev W. Watkin, William Henry Poad, to Miss Annie Pilcher.
Wellington Independent 17 Oct 1865 Marriage
On the 8th October, at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev J. E. Herring, Isaac, eldest son of Mr George Sykes, Stokes’ Valley, to Maria Ann,
eldest daughter of Mr Robert Wyeth, Upper Hutt.
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Wellington Independent 11 Nov 1865 Marriages
On Thursday, October 26, at the Church of England, Upper Hutt, by the Rev Mr Abrahams, John Walker, farmer, Stokes’ Valley, to Mary, eldest
daughter of the late Andrew Brown of Kapiti.
On Monday, 30th October, at the Upper Hutt, by the Rev T. Abrahams, Mr James Murray, to Elizabeth, fourth daughter of Mr James Sim, Johnsonville.
On the 1st November, at the residence of the bride’s father by the Rev Mr Muir, James Whisker, second son of Mr James Whisker, Belfast, Ireland, to
Miss Catherine Hughey, fourth daughter of Mr William Hughey, Taita, Lower Hutt.
1866
Wellington Independent 06 Jan 1866 Marriage
On the 1st of January, at the residence of the bride’s father, Lower Hutt, by the Rev C. Waters, Mr Charles Edwin Fisher, to Miss Jane Masters.
Wellington Independent 11 Jan 1866 Marriage
On the 1st January, at the residence of the bride’s father, Belmont, Hutt, by the Rev W. J. Watkin, James, eldest son of Mr W. Buick, Greenvale, Lower
Hutt, to Helen, youngest daughter of Mr D. McEwen.
Wellington Independent 12 Apr 1866 Marriage
On the 4th April, at the Roman Catholic Church, Wellington, by the Very Rev Bishop Viard, Mr Joseph Death, farmer, Waiwetu, to Catherine, eldest
daughter of Mr Henry Lynch, Hutt.
Evening Post 17 May 1866 Marriage
On the 3rd inst., at the residence of the bride’s father, Lower Hutt, by the Rev. W. McGowan, Mr Robert McLaren to Miss Mary Kennedy.
Wellington Independent 12 Jun 1866 Marriage
On June 3, at the Hutt, by the Rev Father O’Brien, according to the rites of the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, Thomas Rodgers, eldest son of
the late Charles Rodgers, of Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, to Miss Eliza Greanen, eldest daughter of John Greanen, of County Down, Ireland.
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Wellington Independent 23 Jun 1866 Marriages
On the 15th inst., by the Rev Mr Richardson, at the residence of Mr John Vile, Job, the eldest son of Mr J. Vile, to Hellen Bland, third daughter of Mr
John Rayner, of the Taitai, Hutt.
On the 15th inst., by the Rev Mr Richardson, Mr Henry Eagle, fourth son of Mr P. Eagle, of Karori, to Catherine, oldest daughter of Mr John Vile,
Pleasant Place, Makahaka.
Wellington Independent 12 Jul 1866 Marriage
On Monday, July 9, at the Hutt, by the Rev W. Watkin, Mr William Brown, to Miss Susan Copeland.
Evening Post 12 Sep 1866 Marriage
On the 2nd inst., at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Lower Hutt, by the Rev. P. O’Brien, William, eldest son of Mr Robert Hunter, to Mary Jane, eldest
daughter of Mr Patrick Donelly, both of the Hutt.
Wellington Independent 18 Sep 1866 Marriage
On the 3rd September, at the residence of Mr William Sykes, Waimetu, by the Rev Mr Watkin, Mr William Alfred Liverton, nephew of Mr John Liverton,
Taita, Hutt, to Elizabeth Jane, second daughter of Mr George Sykes, Stokes’ Valley.
Wellington Independent 09 Oct 1866 Marriage
On October 6, at the Lower Hutt, by the Rev J. Watkins, James, eldest son of Mr P. Cotter, Silver Stream, to Miss Rosina Williams, of the Upper Hutt.
Evening Post 08 Nov 1866 Marriage
On the 8th instant, by the Rev John Moir, William Strahan, Esq., M.P.C., Tua Marina, Marlborough, to Mary, widow of the late John Roy, Esq.,
Dunedin, and only daughter of Richard Barton, Esq., J.P., Trentham, Hutt.
Wellington Independent 17 Nov 1866 Marriage
On November 8, by the Rev J. Moir, William Strachan, Esq., M.P.C., Tua Marina, Marlborough, to Mary, widow of the late John Roy, Esq., Dunedin,
and only daughter of the late Richard Barton, Esq., J.P., Trentham, Hutt.
Colonist 27 Nov 1866 Marriage
September 8, at Wellington, by the Rev. J. Moir, William Strachan, Esq., M.P.C., Tua Marina, Marlborough, to Mary, widow of the late John Roy, Esq.,
Dunedin, and only daughter of the late Richard Barton, Esq., J.P., Trentham, Hutt, Wellington.
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Wellington Independent 03 Jan 1867 Marriage
On Thursday, December 27, by the Rev J. E. Herring, at St James’ Church, Hutt, Charles Welby, second son of John Jackson, Esq., of the Hutt, to
Elizabeth, second daughter of John Grace, Esq., Hermitage, Wainui-o-mata.
Wellington Independent 15 Jan 1867 Marriage
On the 12th January, at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr Robert Riddick, to Miss Ellen Stratford, second daughter of Mr J. Stratford, of Belmont
Hill, Hutt. No cards.
Wellington Independent 17 Aug 1867 Marriage
On August 15, at the Hutt, by the Rev C. Waters, Mr Edward Chew, to Mrs Eliza Earp.
Evening Post 23 Sep 1867 Marriage
On the 19th instant, at the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev John Hall, Mr J. H. Ross, of Wellington, to Matilda, youngest daughter of Captain
Hugh Cleland, Hutt, Wellington.
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On 19 Sep 1867 at the Hutt John Horsburgh Ross, full age, bachelor, salesman to Matilda Cleland, full age, spinster.
Witnesses: A. C. Shaw and M. Frances Anderson.
Evening Post 19 Dec 1867 Marriage
On the 17th inst., at St. James’ Church, Hutt, by the Rev. J. E. Herring, Henry Barber, to Phillipa Jane, daughter of the late Wm. Knight, Waiwetu, Hutt.
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Wellington Independent 21 Jan 1868 Marriage
On January 17, by the Rev William Morley, Lower Hutt, Charles Fairweather, Esq., of Kaiapoi, to Miss Ellen, youngest daughter of James A’Court,
Esq., of the Hutt. No cards.
Evening Post 24 Jan 1868 Marriage
On the 22nd inst., at St James’s Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev J. E. Herring, assisted by the Rev H. W. Hill, James Nelson, youngest son of the Right
Rev W. Williams, D.C.L., Bishop of Waiapu, to Mary Margaret, second daughter of William Beetham, Esq., Taita, Wellington.
Wellington Independent 06 Feb 1868 Marriages
On January 15, at Christ Church, Taiti, by the Rev J. Abraham, Edward Wakefield, eldest son of the late Rawdon H. Nicholson, Stramore House,
County Down, Ireland, Esq., J.P., to Kate, second daughter of the late John Miles, Esq., of Wanganui. No cards.
On December 28, at the Hutt, by the Rev Father Pertuies, according to the rights of the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, John Joseph, eldest son
of John George Rush, of the Hutt, to Miss Sarah Greanen, youngest daughter of Mr John Greanen, of County Down, Ireland. No cards.
On January 22, at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev J. E. Herring, assisted by the Rev H. W. St. Hill, James Nelson, youngest son of the
Right Reverend W. Williams, D.C.L., Bishop Waiapu, to Mary Margaret, second daughter of William Beetham, Esq., Taita, Wellington.
Evening Post 07 Apr 1868 Marriage
On March 23, at the Waiwetu, by the Rev William S. McGowan, Mr Thomas Cook, to Charlotte, eldest daughter of Mrs M. J. Judd, Heath Cot.
On March 25, at Christchurch, Taita, by the Rev J. E. Herring, Robert Charles Earle, surgeon, Wanganui, to Eliza Ellen, second daughter of Thomas
Mason, Esq., Hutt.
Evening Post 07 May 1868 Marriage
On April 28, at the Hutt Bridge, by the Rev William S. McGowan, Mr William Phyn, blacksmith, Hutt, to Miss Alice Christie, Wellington.
Evening Post and Wellington Independent 09 Jun 1868 Marriage
On the 6th instant, at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev J. E. Herring, A. G. Bertie Willoughby, to Mary Frances, youngest daughter of John
Grace, Esq., J.P., of the Hermitage, Wainuiomata. No cards.
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Evening Post 30 Jun 1868 Marriage
On the 24th inst., at St James’, Lower Hutt, by the Rev J. E. Herring, John George Frederick Wilford, Esq., surgeon, Hutt, to Elizabeth Catherine,
eldest daughter of Thomas Mason, Esq., Taita.
Evening Post 10 Aug 1868 Marriage
On the 4th inst., at the Church of England, the Hutt, Charles Death, eldest son of Chas. Death Esq., to Alice Maria, second daughter of Mr S. Weston,
of the same place. No cards.
Evening Post and Wellington Independent 22 Aug 1868 Marriage
On the 13th inst., at Wellington, by the Rev. John Moir, Mr Peter Speedy, of the Hutt, to Matilda, eldest daughter of Mr W. S. Milne, of the Taita, Hutt.
Wellington Independent 12 Sep 1868 Marriage
On September 7, at St John’s Church, Upper Hutt, by the Rev Dan Debois, Mary Ellen, daughter of Pierce Cotter, Esq., of the Silver Stream, to Mr
Joseph J. Freeth, of Featherston, Wairarapa, son of Mr Job Freeth, of Turakina.
Evening Post 20 Oct 1868 Marriage
On the 15th inst., at Masterton, by the Rev. A. Knell, Thomas, second son of Mr Pierce Cotter, of the Silver Stream, Hutt to Susan, second daughter of
Mr C. Dixon, both of Wairarapa.
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1869
Evening Post 05 Jan 1869 Marriage
On the 26th ult., at the Hutt, by the Rev. Mr McGowan, Arthur Richardson, eldest son of Mr J. Richardson, Wanganui to Jessie, only daughter of the
late Mr G. Firth, Porirua.
Evening Post 06 Mar 1869 Marriage
At the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev W. S. McGowan, J. C. Nairn, Esq., Rose Park, Porirua Road late of Cornton, Whithorn, Wigtonshire,
Scotland, to Louisa, eldest daughter of John Chapman, Esq., Hope Farm, Petoni, Hutt.
Evening Post 30 Mar 1869 Marriage
On the 27th inst., at St. James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev. J. Herring, Mr W. Haynes, eldest son of the late W. Haynes, Esq., to Julia, fourth
daughter of J. Francies, Esq., both of the Hutt.
Evening Post 01 Apr 1869 Marriage
On the 27th ult., by the Rev. Mr Fell, Mr S. Fagan, of the Hutt, Wellington to Miss M. A. Trotman, of Hawkstone-street, Wellington, second daughter of
the late J. Trotman, Esq., of Albion Iron Works, Bermondsey, London, England.
Evening Post 05 Apr 1869 Marriage
On the 3rd inst., at St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Hutt, by the Rev. J. Leon, and subsequently at St. James’ Church, by the Rev. J. E. Herring,
Patrick Alphonsus Buckley, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, Wellington, to Alice Jane, only daughter of the Hon. William Fitzherbert, Colonial Treasurer of New
Zealand.
Nelson Evening Mail 07 Apr 1869 Marriage
March 30, at Trentham, Upper Hutt, by the Rev. Dan Debois, Edward Fearon Burrell, of Ngatimoti, Motueka, Nelson, to Emily Ellen, second daughter
of T. A. Bowden, Esq., B.A., Wellington.
Wellington Independent and Evening Post 20 Apr 1869 Marriage
On April 11, at the Catholic Church, Hutt, by the Rev Father Patius, Charles, second son of Don Charles John Frederick Lichwork, Hamburg Senate,
to Maria, second daughter of Mr John Rush, Taita.
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Evening Post 27 May 1869 Marriage
On the 24th instant, by the Rev R. Ward, William Isaac, baker, to Fanny Ralph, fourth daughter of Mr William Ralph, of the Hutt.
Evening Post 17 Jul 1869 Marriage
On July 4, at the Catholic Cathedral, Wellington, by the Rev Father Petit Jean, V.G., according to the rights of the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church,
Abraham Phillips, eldest son of Mr Thomas Phillips, Kaiwarra, to Sarah Ann Maria Rush, eldest daughter of Mr John Rush, farmer, Hutt.
Evening Post 12 Aug 1869 Marriage
On August 11, at the Taita, Hutt, by the Rev J. E. Herring, Benjamin, second son of Mr John Rayner, farmer, Taita, to Ellen, fifth daughter of J.
Hooper, Esq., Taita.
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Press 01 Feb 1870 Marriage
January 27, at the Wesleyan Church, St Albans, by the Rev T. Buddle, Francis T. Opie to Kate, second daughter of Mr J. A’Court, of the Hutt,
Wellington.
Wellington Independent 29 Mar 1870 Marriage
On Feb 16, at the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev Amos Knell, Richard, eldest son of the late Richard Barton, Esq., of Trentham, Upper
Hutt, to Catherine Caro, eldest daughter of Robert Bidwell, Esq., J.P., of Pihautea, Wairarapa.
Evening Post 14 May 1870 Marriage
On the 30th inst., by the Rev J. A. Cawdell, at the residence of H. Bunny, Esq., Fernside, Featherston, Charles William, eldest son of Mr C. W. Keys,
Hutt, to Martha, third daughter of the late Mr W. Isaac, of Bath, England.
On the 5th inst., at the residence of the bride’s stepfather, Waiuku, by the Rev John Law, Charles Blake, of the Hutt, Wellington, to Mary Ann Suckling,
late of Steeple Bampstead, Essex, England
Evening Post 18 May 1870 Marriage
On the 16th inst., at the Terrace, by the Rev James Paterson, Thomas Gray, to Emma Mann, both of Wainuiomata
Wellington Independent 16 Jul 1870 Marriage
On July 14, at the Wesleyan Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev J. Rigg, John, eldest son of Mr W. Wahkam, Wainuiomata, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter
of Mr Edwin Jackson, Petoni.
Wellington Independent 02 Aug 1870 Marriage
On July 24, at the Catholic Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Father Partnies, William McDowall, youngest son of William McDowall, Esq., of the
Waiwetu, farmer, to Alexandrina Rush, fourth daughter of John George Rush, Waltham Abbey Farm, Taita.
Evening Post 09 Sep 1870 Marriage
On the 7th inst., by the Rev. John Moir, at the residence of the bride’s father, George John, only son of Mr George Brown, Woolcombe-street, to Mary
Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr George Stratton, Hutt.
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Wellington Independent 10 Sep 1870 Marriage
On September 7, at the Hutt, by the Rev John Moir, Mr George John Browne, engineer, Wellington, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Mr George
Stratton, farmer, Hutt.
1871
Wellington Independent 24 Aug 1871 Marriage
On the 23rd August, at the residence of the father of the bride, Cuba street, by the Rev Thomas Buddle, Mr Thomas Cooper, farmer, Horokiwi Valley,
to Sarah Ann Ellen, second daughter of Mr Edwin Bannister.
Evening Post 29 Dec 1871 Marriage
On the 28th inst., at St. John’s Church, Upper Hutt, by the Rev. C. H. S. Nichols, Andrew, youngest son of the late Gordon Reid, Esq., of Glasgow, to
Mary, eldest daughter of James Cruickshank, Esq., of the Upper Hutt.
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Wellington Independent 29 Jan 1872 Marriage
On January 20, at the Lower Hutt, by the Rev G. S. Harper, Edmund Cording, junr., to Clara, youngest daughter of the late T. S. Partridge, both of
Wellington.
Wellington Independent 06 Feb 1872 Marriage
On the 3rd February at St James Church Lower Hutt, by the Rev T. Fancourt, Robert, youngest son of Capt. Cleland, to Catherine, second daughter of
Mr T. Burt, both of the Hutt.
Evening Post 15 Feb 1872 Marriage
On the 15th inst., by the Rev. James Paterson, Duncan, second son of the late Hugh Sinclair, of Wainuiomata, to Martha, only daughter of Henry
Hibbs Mowlem, of Carlton, Melbourne.
Wellington Independent 08 Mar 1872 Marriage
On March 7th, by the Rev James Paterson, James Macgregor Llloyd to Elizabeth, third daughter of Mr John Stratford, of Belmont.
Wellington Independent 27 Mar 1872 Marriage
On March 25th, at St Peter’s Church, by the Ven. Archdeacon Stock, Thomas, eldest son of Mr John Scoles, of Belmont, to Elizabeth Mary, youngest
daughter of the late George Golledge, of Somerset, England (Otago papers please copy.)
Wellington Independent 01 May 1872 Marriage
On the 22nd April, at Wellington, by the Rev James Paterson, James Davis to Mary Jane Judd; both of the Hutt.
Evening Post 27 Jun 1872 Marriage
On the 21st inst., at St. James Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev. Thomas Fancourt, Mr Charles Hollard, farmer to Miss Harriett Pilcher, both of the Hutt.
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Wellington Independent 20 Feb 1873 Marriage
On the 19th February, by the Rev. J. Moir, at the residence of the bride’s father, James McKee to Annie Fullgames, second daughter of Mr John
Chapman, Hope Farm, Hutt.
Evening Post 08 Apr 1873 Marriage
On the 6th inst., at St Peter’s Church, by the Ven Archdeacon Stock, Mr A. E. O’Neale, of Wellington, to Miss L. Francis, of Belmont, the Hutt.
Evening Post 14 Jun 1873 Marriage
On Thursday, 12th June, at the Hutt, by the Rev J. B. Richardson, Eli Hollard, to Sarah Habgood Keys, both of the Hutt. Napier and Wanganui papers
please copy.
Evening Post 01 Aug 1873 Marriage
On the 31st July, at St James’s Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev. Thomas Fancourt, R. T. B. Mellow, Penzance, Cornwall to Hanna Maria, only
daughter of the late William Earp, Lower Hutt.
Wanganui Herald 28 Aug 1873 Marriage
On the 26th Aug., by the Rev. John Elmslie, Hugh, son of Mr David Ross, Tain, Rosshire, Scotland, to Harriett Emily, daughter of Mr C. W. Keys,
Lower Hutt, Wellington. [Wellington papers please copy.]
Wellington Independent 08 Sep 1873 Marriage
On the 6th September, at St. James’s Church, Hutt, by the Rev. T. Fancourt, Commander J. D. R. Hewitt, R.N., son of the Hon. Rev. J. P. Hewitt,
Moneymore, Ireland, to Thomasine, fifth daughter of D. Riddiford, Esq., of Woburn, Hutt, New Zealand.
Wellington Independent 07 Nov 1873 Marriage
On the 25th ult., at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev. T. Fancourt, Samuel Raymond Johnson, Wellington, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of
Mr William Riddler, Petoni, Hutt. Dunedin papers please copy.
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On 20 Dec 1873 at the Hutt, James Mitchell, full age, widower, printer to Elsie Elizabeth Compton, full age, spinster.
Witnesses – Alex Crammond Leitch and Maria Ann Oliver.
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Evening Post 22 Dec 1873 Marriage
On the 20th instant, by the Rev James Paterson, Mr James Mitchell, printer, Wellington (late of Dundee, Scotland) to Elsie Elizabeth Compton, Lower
Hutt.
1874
Wellington Independent 30 Jan 1874 Marriage
On the 28th instant, at the residence of Mr Peter McEwen, David, second son of Mr David Galloway, of Pahautanui, to Ellen, third daughter of the late
Mr Mathew Gaskin.
Wellington Independent 25 Mar 1874 Marriage
On the 21st instant, at St Peter’s Church, Wellington, by the Ven. Archdeacon Stock, Philip, son of the late Mr John Stevens, of Wellington, to Mary
Jane, daughter of Mr R. Walker, Upper Hutt.
Wellington Independent 05 May 1874 Marriage
On April 30, at the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev. John Moir, Thomas Paul, eldest son of Mr George Allen, of Wellington, to Helen, only
daughter of Mr Alexander Pringle, of the Hutt.
Wellington Independent 12 May 1874 Marriage
On the 9th instant, at the Wesleyan Church, Manners street, by the Rev. W. Morley, William Bowater, eldest son of James Bowater, Dixon street, to
Fanny Gaskin, eldest daughter of the late Mr Mathew Gaskin of the Hutt.
Wellington Independent 16 Jun 1874 Marriage
On June 7, at Wellington, Joseph Vail, of Napier, to Mary Hooper, youngest daughter of John Hooper, Taita, Hutt.
Evening Post 16 Sep 1874 Marriage
On the 11th inst., at Taita, by the Rev John Moir, John Halley, to Lizzie, second daughter of W. S. Milne.
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Evening Post 27 Jun 1874 Marriage
On the 10th inst., at St Paul’s Church, Clunes, Victoria, by the Rev. J. E. Herring, formerly incumbent of St James’s Church, Hutt, New Zealand, Major
Willis, R.M., to Eliza, daughter of D. Riddiford, Esq., Woburn, Hutt, New Zealand.
1875
Evening Post 17 Feb 1875 Marriage
On the 16th inst., at the Cathedral Church of St Paul, by the Right Rev the Lord Bishop of Wellington, assisted by the Rev T. B. Harvey, Charles Bates,
youngest son of the late Captain John Bedingfield Knocker, R.N., to Fanny Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Thomas Mills, Esq., Captain New Zealand
Militia.
Auckland Star 21 May 1875 An Old Wellingtonian made Happy
Mr James Osgood, well-known publican and former host of the Empire Hotel, was joined in the holy bonds of matrimony yesterday morning.
Marriages solemnized at St Johns Presbyterian Church, Willis St, Wellington - http://www.stjohnsinthecity.org.nz/about/parish-registers.htm
On 20 May 1875 at the Hutt, James Osgood, full age, hotel proprietor, full age, widower to Ann Elizabeth Drury, full age, widow.
Witnesses – J. K. Warburton and Caroline Jemima Richmond.
Evening Post 21 Sep 1875 Marriage
On the 20th September, at St James’, Hutt, by the Rev F. Fancourt, C. A. Humfrey, Esq., late Captain, h.p., 92nd (Gordon) Highlanders, to Mary, sixth
daughter of the late Daniel Riddiford, Esq., Woburn, Hutt.
Evening Post 23 Oct 1875 Marriage
On the 20th inst., at the Lower Hutt Church, by the Rev Mr Fancourt, Samuel S. Mason, fourth son of Thomas Mason, Esq., of the Taita, to Frances M.
Cridland, daughter of the late Henry John Cridland, Esq., C.E., of Hoon Hay, Canterbury.
Evening Post 03 Dec 1875 Marriage
On the 1st inst., by the Rev C. H. Nicholls, at the residence of the bride’s father, Fern Ground, Upper Hutt, George M. Wink, C.E., to Christina, second
daughter of James Cruickshank, Esq.
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Evening Post 15 Dec 1875 Marriage
On 11th December, at the Wesleyan Church, Lower Hutt, Wellington, by the Rev J. B. Richardson, Mr J. T. Rash, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of
the late Mr John Lodge, Richmond, Nelson. [Nelson and Marlborough papers please copy.]
1876
Evening Post 05 Jan 1876 Marriage
On the 5th inst., at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev T. Fancourt, Alfred Russell, of Greytown, Wairarapa, to Harriett, sixth daughter of the
late Mr S. Weston, Naina [sic], Hutt.
Wanganui Chronicle 17 Jan 1876 Marriage
On the 4th instant, at St Thomas’ Church, Motueka, by the Rev S. Poole, assisted by the Rev T. L. Tudor, Incumbent of Christ Church, Wanganui,
Charles Edward Beatson, Esq., of the Hutt, Wellington, to Mary Alice, eldest daughter of Mr Walter Guy, Lower Moutere.
Evening Post 31 Mar 1876 Marriage
On the 30th March, at the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev J. B. Richardson, of the Hutt, the Rev T. F. Reeve, Wesleyan Minister, to Martha,
fourth daughter of J. Gell, Esq., Wellington.
Evening Post 12 Apr 1876 Marriage
On the 17th April, at the Lower Hutt, by the Rev Thomas Fancourt, William, second son of Mr Graham Shannon, Antrim, Ireland, to Emily Alice, eldest
daughter of Mr Nathaniel Valentine, Lower Hutt, Wellington.
Evening Post 08 May 1876 Marriage
On the 6th May, at Christ Church, Taita, Hutt, by the Rev T. Fancourt, William H. R. Dale, jun., of Heathcote Valley, Canterbury, to Julia, youngest
daughter of G. G. Bock, of Unity Hall, Taita, Hutt, Wellington.
Press 11 May 1876 Marriage
On the 6th May, at Taita Hutt, Wellington, by the Rev Thomas Harcourt, Mr William H. R. Dale, jun., of Heathcote Valley, Canterbury, to Julia, second
daughter of George G. Buck, of Taita, Hutt, Wellington.
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Evening Post 22 May 1876 Marriage
On the 18th inst., at Stonestead, Wairarapa, by the Rev A. Knell, Mr J. Cotter, youngest son of Mr P. Cotter, Riverside, to Annie, second daughter of
Mr H. H. Jackson.
Evening Post 23 May 1876 Marriage
On the 23rd inst., at St Peter’s Church, by the Ven Archdeacon Stock, David Taylor to Annie Lyster, both of Upper Hutt.
Evening Post 03 Jun 1876 Marriage
On the 1st June, at the Roman Catholic Church, Upper Hutt, by the Rev Father Yardin, Mr William Jones, to Miss Emma Jane Cudby, both of the
Upper Hutt.
Marlborough Express 27 Sep 1876 Marriage
On Sept. 11 at the Wesleyan Chapel, Picton, by the Rev J. S. Rishworth, Thomas Ashton, second son of Mr Henry Ashton, of the Lower Hutt,
Wellington, to Margaret Mary H. Campbell, second daughter of Mrs C. Brown, of The Grove.
1877
Evening Post 13 Jan 1877 Marriage
On the 13th inst., at the Registrar’s Office, Wellington, Edward Murphy, of Sydney, to Julia, third daughter of Charles England, of the Lower Hutt,
Wellington.
Evening Post 26 Feb 1877 Marriage
On 26th February, at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev T. Fancourt, John Russell, of Stokes Valley, Taita, to Sarah Elizabeth, youngest
daughter of the late Mr S. Weston, Nainai, Hutt.
Evening Post 04 Jun 1877 Marriage
On 2nd June, at Sunnyside, Woolcombe-street, the residence of Mr Isaac Plimmer, by the Rev J. Moir, George G. Buck, to Rebecca, relict of W. M.
Whitewood – both of Taita.
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Evening Post 17 Jul 1877 Marriage
On the 7th July, at Mr Parker’s residence, Mulgrave-street, by the Rev W. H. West, B.A., John Dorset Valentine, eldest son of Nathaniel Valentine, of
the Hutt, to Matilda Charlotte Brown, eldest daughter of Louis Brown, of Ohariu.
1878
Evening Post 03 Jan 1878 Marriage
On the 1st January, at the residence of the bride’s mother, Brougham-street, Wellington, Alexander, eldest son of Mr J. D. Cruickshank, Upper Hutt, to
Elizabeth Geddes, eldest daughter of the late Mr W. Gray, Secretary to the General Post Office.
Evening Post 22 Feb 1878 Marriage
On the 21st February, at James’, Lower Hutt, by the Rev T. Fancourt, Cecil Augustus Fitzroy to Susannah, youngest daughter of William Beetham,
Taita.
Evening Post 04 Apr 1878 Marriage
On the 3rd April, at St Peter’s Church, by the Ven. Archdeacon Stock, Ephraim, eldest son of the late Mr William Greenwood, of the Upper Hutt, to
Mary, third daughter of Mr Robert Sutcliffe of Wellington.
Evening Post 23 May 1878 Marriage
On the 21st May, at the Lower Hutt, by the Rev Mr Moir, Robert McLoughlan, of Wellington, to Rebecca Catherine Pye, of the Hutt.
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Evening Post 13 Jan 1879 Marriage
On the 8th January, at St Mark’s Church, by the Rev R. Coffey, Charles Prouse, of Wainui-o-mata, to Eleanor Hugh, of Adelaide Road, Wellington.
Evening Post 19 Apr 1879 Marriage
On the 17th April, 1879, at St James Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Mr Fancourt, William Challis, of the Wairarapa, to Eliza Matilda Tuckwell, the
eldest daughter of the late Thomas Tuckwell. Wanganui papers please copy.
Evening Post 02 May 1879 Marriage
On the 30th April, at the residence of the bride’s father, by the Right Rev Bishop of Wellington, Hugh Horsley, fourth son of William Beetham, Esq., of
Taita, Wellington, to Ruth, third daughter of C. R. Bidwill, Esq., of Pehautea, Wairarapa.
Evening Post 24 May 1879 Marriage
On the 22nd May, at the resident of the bride’s father, Wainui-o-mata, by the Rev. James Paterson, Richard Prouse, jun., to Christina, eldest daughter
of Mr John M’Ilvride
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On 22 May 1879 at John McIlvride’s, Richard Prouse, 24yrs, sawmill proprietor, bachelor to Chirstina McIlvride, 19yrs, spinster.
Witnesses: James Prouse and Grace McIlvride.
Evening Post 10 Jun 1879 Marriage
On the 8th of June, at the Catholic Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev T. Yardin, Patrick Molloy, of Featherston, to Maggie, youngest daughter of Mr G.
Scrimshaw, of the Lower Hutt. Home papers please copy.
Evening Post 26 Jun 1879 Marriage
On the 25th June, at the residence of James Russell, Courtenay Place, Wellington, by the Rev S. Ogg, John McLennan, sen., of Riddiford’s station,
Wainui-o-mata, to Harriet, relict of the late William Prouse, Wainui-o-mata. Manawatu papers please copy.
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1880
Wanganui Herald 28 Jan 1880 Marriage
On the 21st instant at Marton by the Rev J. Mahoney, and subsequently by the Rev A. Towgood, Henry eldest son of H. Lynch, Esq., Emerald Glen,
Paikakariki, to Nellie, eldest daughter of James Stevens, Esq., Pendarve’s Farm, the Hutt.
Evening Post 26 Feb 1880 Marriage
On the 26th February, at the residence of Mr J. Valentine, Oriental Bay, Nathaniel Valentine (late of the Railway Hotel, Hutt) to Sarah Hood, widow of
the late Mr Hood, of Porirua Bay.
Evening Post 20 Mar 1880 Marriage
On the 15th March, at the Taita, by the Rev G. Grant, F. H. Boyes, second son of the late Benjamin Boyes, Hants, England, to Agnes, fourth daughter
of W. S. Milne, farmer, Taita, Hutt.
Evening Post 07 Apr 1880 Marriage
On the 24th March, at St Peter’s Church, Wellington, by the Ven. Archdeacon Stock, John Laird Morrison, of Petone, late of Renfrewshire, Scotland, to
Emma Louisa Bond, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Bond, builder, Cambridge Terrace, Wellington, late of Brighton, England. Sydney and
Rome papers please copy.
Wairarapa Daily Times 29 Apr 1880 Marriage
On April 24th, at St Peter’s Church, Edwin Butler, bullock driver, of Upper Hutt, to Alice Emily Reid, of Wadestown. No cards; no cakes; no nothing.
Evening Post 01 Jul 1880 Marriage
On the 30th June, at Wellington, John, fourth son of Mr Charles England, of the Lower Hutt, carpenter, to Mary Ann, youngest daughter of Mr Thomas
Bourn, of the Lower Hutt. No cards. Home papers please copy.
Wanganui Herald 01 Sep 1880 Marriage
At the residence of the Brides father on the 25th of August, by the Rev J. Yardin, V.G., J. Hurley, Esq., of the Upper Hutt, to Eva Teresa, youngest
daughter of H. Lynch, of Emerald Glen, Paikakariki.
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New Zealand Tablet 03 Sep 1880 Marriage
On the 25th August, 1880, at the residence of the bride’s parents, Emerald Glen, Paikakariki, Wellington, by the Rev. Father Yardin, V.G., Jeremiah
Hurley, of the Upper Hutt, to Eva Teresa, youngest daughter of Henry Lynch, Esq.
Marlborough Express 17 Sep 1880 Marriage
On the 13th September, at Blenheim, by the Rev W. Shirriffs, M.A., George Dunsmore Mason, to Elizabeth Ann, only daughter of the late James
McLagan, Lower Hutt. [Wellington papers please copy.]
Wanganui Chronicle 30 Sep 1880 Marriage
On the 29th September, at Normanby, by the Rev James Torry, Frederick, second son of the late Daniel Riddiford, Esq., of the Hutt, Wellington, to
Alice, fourth daughter of Daniel McGregor, Esq., of Normanby.
1881
Evening Post 29 Jan 1881 Marriage
On the 27th January, at Newstead, by the Rev A. Halbwachs, S.M., Norman, youngest son of William Beetham, Esq., of Te Mako, Taita, to Alice Mary,
eldest daughter of H. J. Wardell, Esq., R.M., of Newstead, Featherston.
Wairarapa Daily Times 29 Apr 1881 Marriage
On 28th inst, at Newstead, by the Rev A. Halbwachs, S.M., Richard, third son of the late Daniel Riddiford, Woburn, Lower Hutt, to Beatrice Mary,
second daughter of H. S. Wardell, of Newstead, Featherston.
Wairarapa Daily Times 07 Jul 1881 Marriage
On the 28th of June, at St John’s Church, Featherston, by the Rev H. Vere White, George Thomas Frederick, eldest son of the Rev T. B. Hutton, of
Sheffield, England, to Catherine Carae, eldest daughter of C. R. Bidwill, of Pihautea and widow of the late Richard John Barton.
Evening Post 10 Aug 1881 Marriage
On the 30th July, at St Andrew’s Church, Terrace, Wellington, by the Rev C. S. Ogg, Thomas Reading, of Bristol, England, to Rose, eldest daughter of
Mr Giles Edwards, of the Lower Hutt.
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Wairarapa Daily Times 15 Aug 1881 Marriage
At Featherston on Wednesday, W. W. Collins of the Hutt to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr T. Bennett, of Round Bush Featherston.
Wanganui Herald 24 Aug 1881 Marriage
On the 20th inst., at Christ Church, Wanganui, by the Rev T. L. Tudor, Henry Lanyon Nicholas, to Christina Lockhart, only daughter of the late Mr
William Craighead, Taita, Wellington.
Evening Post 22 Sep 1881 Marriage
On the 17th September, at St Peter’s Church, by the Ven. Archdeacon Stock, Augustus John, eldest son of Henry Ashton, of the Lower Hutt, to Flora,
sixth daughter of the late Thomas Charles Butler.
1882
Marriages solemnized at St Johns Presbyterian Church, Willis St, Wellington - http://www.stjohnsinthecity.org.nz/about/parish-registers.htm
On 03 Feb 1882 at the residence of Rev James Paterson
John McEwen, 29yrs, bachelor, farmer of Palmerston North, born Hutt, son of David McEwen, farmer and Mary McEwen nee Neish to Annie Sanson,
18yrs, spinster of Pahauatanui, born Pahauatanui, dau of William Sanson, farmer and Agnes Sanson nee Galloway
Hawke’s Bay Herald 13 Feb 1882 Marriage
On February 8th, at Orua Wharo, the residence of Mr Sydney Johnston, by the Rev Samuel Williams, John, eldest son of Mr Thomas Mason, M.H.R.,
of the Hutt, Wellington, to Alice Caroline, fourth daughter of Lieut-Colonel Lambert, Napier, Hawke’s Bay.
Evening Post 26 Feb 1882 Marriage
On the 18th June, 1881 at the Wesleyan Chapel, Lower Hutt, Wellington, by the Rev James Cannel, Herbert Albert, son of William Henry Morris, Esq.,
late of Dublin, Ireland, to Rosetta Wilmor, second daughter of Thomas Wilmor McKenzie, Esq., Ghuznee-street, Wellington.
Wanganui Chronicle 18 Apr 1882 Marriage
On the 17th April, by the Rev S. Williams, Robert Henry Mason, sixth son of Thomas Mason, Esq., Hutt, Wellington, to Florence Charlotte (Nina),
eldest daughter of Freeman R. Jackson, Esq., of Wanganui.
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Evening Post 13 May 1882 Marriage
On the 8th May, at St Peter and St Paul’s Catholic Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Father Lampilla, Alphonsus, youngest son of John G. Rush, to
Julia, eldest daughter of George Pyke; both of Wellington.
Marriages solemnized at St Johns Presbyterian Church, Willis St, Wellington - http://www.stjohnsinthecity.org.nz/about/parish-registers.htm
On 27 Jun 1882 at St Johns Presbyterian Church
John Hughes, 28yrs, bachelor, settler of Pahiatua, born Christchurch, son of John Hughes, surveyor and Eliza Ann Huges nee Payne to Selina Taylor
Bryant, 23yrs, spinster of Ohariu Valley, born Hutt, dau of James Bryant, farmer and Mary Ann Bryant nee Mitchenson
Marriages solemnized at St Johns Presbyterian Church, Willis St, Wellington - http://www.stjohnsinthecity.org.nz/about/parish-registers.htm
On 19 Jul 1882 at the residence of Mr Wishaw
Henry Bryant, 27yrs, bachelor, farmer of Ohariu Valley, born Hutt, son of James Bryant, gardner and Mary Ann Bryant nee Mitchenson to Letitia
Munro, 18yrs, spinster of Ohariu Valley, born Napier, dau of John Munro, settler and Elizabeth Munro nee Wiggins
Evening Post 10 Aug 1882 Marriage
On the 9th August, at St Peter and Paul’s Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Father Lampilla, Charles, third son of Mr John Cudby, to Emma Catherine,
third daughter of Mr John McIntosh; both of the Lower Hutt, N.Z. Christchurch papers please copy.
Evening Post 18 Aug 1882 Marriage
On the 11th August, at the Presbyterian Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev D. Bruce, Robert Stevens, to Isabella Denton, eldest daughter of Robert
Macdonald.
Evening Post 13 Sep 1882 Marriage
On the 12th September, at the residence of the bride’s father, Lower Hutt, by the Rev W. Grant, Edward, youngest son of the late James Smith, Esq.,
of Wellington, to Mary, eldest daughter of Henry Knight, Esq. Wairarapa papers please copy.
Marriages solemnized at St Johns Presbyterian Church, Willis St, Wellington - http://www.stjohnsinthecity.org.nz/about/parish-registers.htm
On 25 Oct 1882 at the Presbyterian Church, Lower Hutt
John Sinclair, 24yrs, bachelor, sawyer of Wellington, born Glasgow, son of Daniel Sinclair, miner and Margaret Sinclair nee McArthur to Julia Mason,
19yrs, spinster of Hutt, born Hutt, daughter of John Augustus Mason, storekeeper and Jane Mason nee Chambers
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Evening Post 21 Feb 1884 Marriage
On the 4th of November 1882, at the Registrar’s Office, Wellington, by the Registrar, Mr Holdsworth, Mathew Shaw Laurie, eldest son of Mrs Young,
to Mary Ann Dew, second daughter of John Dew, farmer, Lower Hutt, Wellington. Auckland papers please copy.
Evening Post 12 Dec 1882 Marriage
On the 6th December, at St John’s Church, Upper Hutt, Wellington, by the Rev R. J. Thorpe, assisted by Rev Edward Jennings, Rev John Edwin
Blackburne, third son of the Rev Samuel Blackburne, formerly principal of St John’s College, Auckland, to Christina Wink, second daughter of James
Duff Cruickshank, Esq., of the Upper Hutt.
Evening Post 21 Dec 1882 Marriage
On the 19th December, at St John’s Church, Upper Hutt, by the Rev J. Blackburn, Charles William Stuart, eldest son of the late W. S. J. H. Munro,
M.D., formerly of Latheron, Caithness, to Katherine, third daughter of J. D. Cruickshank, Esq., Upper Hutt.
1883
Evening Post 19 Jan 1883 Marriage
On the 16th January, at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Thomas Fancourt, Benjamin Coubourne, of Waterford, Ireland to Bessie Zilpha
Benge, of Wellington.
Evening Post 21 Feb 1883 Marriage
On the 4th November 1882 at the Registrar’s Office, Wellington, by the Registrar, Mr Holdsworth, Mathew Shaw Laurie, eldest son of Mrs Young, to
Mary Ann Dew, second daughter of John Dew, farmer, Lower Hutt, Wellington.
Evening Post 27 Mar 1883 Marriage
At the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev William Cannell, James Baxter of Feilding, eldest son of Mr J. S. Edelsten, auctioneer, Nelson, to
Anne Maria, eldest daughter of Mr Josh. Hall, builder, of the Lower Hutt.
Colonist 06 Apr 1883 Marriage
March 27, at the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev W. Cannell, James Baxter Edelsten, eldest son of Mr James Samuel Edelsten, auctioneer,
Motueka, to Anne Maria, eldest daughter of Mr Joseph Hall, builder, of the Lower Hutt, Wellington.
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Evening Post 03 May 1883 Marriage
At Christ Church, Taita, Hutt, by the Rev Thomas Fancourt, John Alexander Walker, to Frances Jane Hubble.
Evening Post 04 May 1883 Marriage
On the 3rd May, 1883, at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Thomas Fancourt, Edmund, second son of C. Maidmont, to Martha E., seventh
daughter of W. Swafford. No cards; no cake; nobody’s business.
Evening Post 08 May 1883 Marriage
On the 8th May, at Wellington, Isaac Wilkins, of Trentham, Upper Hutt, to Sarah Morrall, late of Astwood Bank, near Redditch, Worcestershire,
England. Home papers please copy.
Evening Post 12 May 1883 Marriage
On the 11th May, by the Rev R. Bavin, Andrew Brown, of Upper Hutt to Sarah, eldest daughter of Thomas Hargreaves, of Nelson. Wanganui, Nelson
and Australian papers please copy.
Evening Post 31 May 1883 Marriage
On Wednesday, 30th May, at the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev David D. Rodger, William, eldest son of Henry Knight, Esq., to Frances
Martha, only daughter of Joseph Fry, Esq., Lower Hutt. Manawatu papers please copy.
Evening Post 27 Jun 1883 Marriage
On the 23rd June, at Christ’s Church, Taita, Hutt, by the Rev T. Fancourt, George Arthur, youngest son of the late Henry John Cridland, Esq., C.E., to
Lavinia, eldest daughter of the late Almon Boulcott, Esq., settler, Taita, Hutt. Canterbury papers please copy.
Colonist 05 Jul 1883 Marriage
June 27, at the residence of the bride’s parents, by the Rev T. B. Maclean, John Griffiths, of Petone, Wellington, to Janet, second daughter of J.
Haldane, Burnside Farm, Takaka.
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On 11 Dec 1883 at the residence of Mr Mitchell
Frank Robert Waters, 22yrs, bachelor, printer of Wellington, born Wellington, son of Thomas Waters, painter and Elizabeth Hapsgood Waters nee
Luxford to Jane Stratton, 21yrs, spinster of Wellington, born Lower Hutt, dau of George Stratton, farmer and Sarah Stratton nee Thewory
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Evening Post 17 Dec 1883 Marriage
On Tuesday, 11th December by the Rev Father Goutinior, at St Peters and St Paul’s Church, Lower Hutt, William, second son of Mr John Cudby, to
Emily Frances, youngest daughter of Mr Daniel Rivers; both of Lower Hutt.
1884
Hawke’s Bay Herald 25 Jan 1884 Marriage
At the Presbyterian Church, Hastings, on the 23rd inst., by the Rev W. Nichol, Edward Humphrey, only son of the late E. Humphrey, Esq., of the Lower
Hutt, Wellington, to Agnes Walker, second daughter of William Robertson, blacksmith, Hastings.
Nelson Evening Mail 21 Feb 1884 Marriage
On the 19th instant, at St Mary’s Church, Nelson, by the Rev W. J. Mahoney, James Galvin, of Wiwatou, Lower Hutt, Wellington, to Johannah Cecilia,
eldest daughter of Mr James O’Connell, Richmond.
Evening Post 01 Mar 1884 Marriage
On the 26th February, at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Thomas Fancourt, William, fourth son of William Urquhart, of Featherston, to Alice,
eldest daughter of Thomas Henderson, of Petone. Sydney, Auckland and Canterbury papers please copy.
Evening Post 05 Mar 1884 Marriage
On the 4th March, at the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev C. S. Ogg, James Wallace, second son of the late James Smith, auctioneer,
Wellington, to Martha Shiell, eldest daughter of John Scott, Petone.
Evening Post 04 Apr 1884 Marriage
On the 2nd April, at St Mark’s Church by the Rev Richard Coffey, Emil Victor, only son of Mr Joseph Senn, of Switzerland, to Emily Sophia, daughter of
Mr Thomas Mills, of Wellington.
Feilding Star 22 Nov 1884 Marriage
On November 20th, Daniel George, youngest son of the late Daniel Riddiford, of the Lower Hutt, to Mina, only daughter of the late James Kelham,
same place.
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1885
Evening Post 21 Feb 1885 Marriage
On the 11th February, at St Mary’s Church, by the Rev Father Hurley, John, second son of Mr Lawrence Farrelly, Lower Hutt, to Annie, second
daughter of Mr Thomas Dalton, County Westmeath, Ireland.
Marriages solemnized at St Johns Presbyterian Church, Willis St, Wellington - http://www.stjohnsinthecity.org.nz/about/parish-registers.htm
On 28 Mar 1885 at the residence of Rev James Paterson
Walter Edmund Henry Smyth, 28yrs, bachelor, teacher of Wainuiomata, born Benares India, son of Walter Fre Smyth, gentleman and Henrietta Smyth
nee Baschand to Florence Mary Ann McKenzie, 28yrs, spinster of Wainuiomata, born Agra India, dau of John McKenzie, Government service in India
and Emma Lavinia McKenzie nee Meyers
Evening Post 25 Apr 1885 Marriage
On 23rd April, 1885, at the residence of the bride’s mother, by the Rev W. C. Oliver, Thomas J. Scraggs, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late
Alexander Dalgety, farmer, Waiwetu, Hutt.
Evening Post 13 May 1885 Marriage
On 6th May, at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Mr Cross, Charles Samuel, sixth son of Henry Collett, of Petone, to Ruth Eliza, daughter of
Joseph Archer, farmer, Lower Hutt. Napier and Christchurch papers please copy.
Wairarapa Daily Times 27 Jul 1885 Marriage
On the 21st inst., at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev E. S. Cross, George Henry, second son of the late William Read Welch, to Annie,
second daughter of the late Robert Kemble, both of Wellington.
Evening Post 30 Jul 1885 Marriage
On 25th July, at the Lower Hutt, by the Rev S. J. Garlick, William Harrison, only son of Mr Thomas Madeley, Sydney-street, Wellington, to Henrietta
Alice, eldest daughter of the late William Henry Tocker.
Evening Post 05 Aug 1885 Marriage
On 4th August, at St Luke’s Church, Greytown, by the Rev W. E. Paige, M.A., assisted by the Rev W. T. Western, M.A., James Duff, second son of Mr
J. D. Cruickshank, Upper Hutt, to Harriet Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Mr Frederick Malcolm, Blackheath, Kent, England.
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Evening Post 25 Aug 1885 Marriage
On the 22nd August, at the residence of Mr McAllister, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Mr Rodgers, Presbyterian minister, William Edes, junr., to Mary, fourth
daughter of the late G. Campbell, of Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Evening Post 10 Oct 1885 Marriage
On 7th October, at Lower Hutt, by the Rev Mr Cross, James, third son of Mr W. Greenwood, late of Upper Hutt, to Rebecca Mary, only daughter of Mr
W. Page, Upper Hutt. Oamaru and Auckland papers please copy.
Evening Post 02 Nov 1885 Marriage
On 28th October, at St Paul’s Cathedral, Wellington, by the Rev J. Still, James, fourth son of Edmund Battersby, Lancashire, England, to Esther Anne,
second daughter of W. Blake, Petone, late of Stratford, Essex, England. Home papers please copy.
Evening Post 03 Dec 1885 Marriage
On 21st November at the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev D. Rodgers, John McCullock, of Upper Hutt, to Susanna Mabel, fourth daughter of
John R. Ransom, wheelwright, Lower Hutt.
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1886
Wairarapa Daily Times 21 Jan 1886 Marriage
On the 6th January, at the residence of the bride’s father, the Pines, Lower Hutt, Charles Trevethick, of the Lower Hutt, to Elizabeth (Bessie), third
daughter of Mr T. Frethey.
Evening Post 17 Feb 1886 Marriage
On the 4th February, at the residence of the bride’s father, Taita, by the Rev C. S. Ogg, David, second son of the late David Thomson, of Lowe Bank,
Auckland, to Mary, fourth daughter of Peter Bruce, of the Taita.
Evening Post 23 Feb 1886 Marriage
On 18th February, at the residence of the bride’s father, Marine Retreat Hotel, Petone, by the Rev John Moir, Richard Mothes, of Petone, to Katherine
Amelia, second daughter of Nathaniel Valentine.
Evening Post 24 Feb 1886 Marriage
On 20th February, 1886, at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev J. Cross, Johannes Alfred, third son of Reginold Hess, Saxony, to Kate
Donoghue, step-daughter of Mr J. Calvert, Petone.
Manawatu Standard 22 Mar 1886 Marriage
On the 16th inst., at St Luke’s Church, Greytown, by the Rev G. Batchelar assisted by the Rev Porrett, Emily, eldest daughter of Mr J. Fuller, of
Greytown, to John, second son of Mr Henry Knight, of Lower Hutt, Wellington.
Evening Post 27 Mar 1886 Marriages
On 24th March 1886 at St Alban’s Church, Appleby, Nelson, by his Lordship the Bishop of Nelson, Richard Clement Kirk, of Wellington, solicitor,
second son of the Rev William Kirk, of the Hutt, to Amy Frances, second daughter of the Hon J. W. Barnicoat, M.L.C., of Richmond, Nelson.
On 18th March, at the residence of the bride’s brother, Mr P. Molloy, Lower Hutt, by the Rev D. D. Rodgers, Norman Henderson, of Tolbermoy,
Argyleshire, Scotland, to Sarah H., youngest daughter of Mr M. Molloy, of Opotiki.
Evening Post 28 Apr 1886 Marriage
On the 17th April, at Lower Hutt, by the Rev J. D. Murray, Robert Orr, Hutt, to Ellen, fourth daughter of Mr Thomas Burt, Hutt.
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Evening Post 05 May 1886 Marriage
On 30th April, at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev E. S. Cross, Charles Brooke, of Wellington, youngest son of Brooke Taylor, solicitor,
Gisborne, to Emma, eldest daughter of Joseph Archer, settler, Lower Hutt. Gisborne papers please copy.
Evening Post 21 May 1886 Marriage
On 20th May, at the Catholic Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Father Lane, Hon William Clifford, to Miss Catherine Basset.
Evening Post 31 May 1886 Marriage
At Easby Villa, Lower Hutt, by the Rev J. D. Murray, George Andrews Hill, second son of Joseph Hall, Lower Hutt, to Lily, sixth daughter of the late
Thomas Foden, Hulme, Manchester, England.
Evening Post 19 Jun 1886 Marriage
On 12th June, at Wellington, Charles, second son of Hugh Robertson, Esq., to Mary Ann Satchell, fourth daughter of Richard Geange, Esq., Trentham,
Upper Hutt.
Evening Post 09 Jul 1886 Marriage
On 20th June, at Alicetown, Lower Hutt, by the Rev D. J. Murray, Charles R. Dodds, third son of James Dodds, of Wellington, to Ann Christina, fifth
daughter of William Gosling, of Lower Hutt. Wairarapa and Rangitikei papers please copy.
Wairarapa Daily Times 15 Jul 1886 Marriage
On the 15th July at the Wesleyan Church, Carterton, by the Rev J. Ward, assisted by the Rev J. N. Buttle, Thomas eldest son of Mr Thomas Freethy,
of the Lower Hutt, to Ann, second eldest daughter of Mr Robert Robinson, senr., of Carterton.
Evening Post 27 Jul 1886 Marriage
On 24th July, at Wellington, Charles, third son of the late Joseph Gough, of Wellington, to Mary Hester, second daughter of Charles Maidment, of the
Lower Hutt. Dunedin and Palmerston North papers please copy.
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On 16 Sep 1886 at St Johns Presbyterian Church
Samuel Cundy, 27yrs, bachelor, farmer of Featherston, born Hutt, son of Charles Cundy, farmer and Ann Cundy nee Smith to Margaret Tullock,
26yrs, spinster of Featherston, born Forres Scotland, dau of Alexander Tullock, carpenter and Johan Tullock nee Black
Evening Post 20 Sep 1886 Marriage
On 20th September, 1886, William Thompson, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Robert Hooper, Mungaroa, Upper Hutt.
Evening Post 22 Nov 1886 Marriage
On 11th November, 1886, at the residence of Mr W. Copeland, Lower Hutt, by the Rev D. Rodger, William, second son of the late Mr W. Greenwood,
Upper Hutt, to Mrs E. Wilkie, widow of the late Mr P. Wilkie, Upper Hutt. Wairarapa papers please copy.
1887
Evening Post 20 Jan 1887 Marriage
On 19th January 1887 at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Father Lane, Rodolphe Richard Laurent of the Taita, to Delia
Rowan, of Lower Hutt, formerly of Ireland.
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On 02 Mar 1887 at The Manse
William George Hood, 24yrs, bachelor, fireman of Wellington, born Leith, son of David Hood, engine driver and Agnes Hood nee Murdoch to Maria
Walton, 26yrs, widow 10 May 1883 of Lower Hutt, born Guernsey, dau of Abraham Le Tocq, mariner and Maria Le Tocq nee Le Mait.
Evening Post 14 Mar 1887 Marriage
On 10th March, at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, Wellington, by the Rev Mr Jones, David Barrett, third son of W. B. Howe, of Wellington, to Mary
Jane, eldest daughter of William Blake, Petone, formerly of Essex, England. Christchurch and Home papers please copy.
Evening Post 14 Apr 1887 and Wairarapa Daily Times 16 Apr 1887 Marriage and Evening Post 14 Jul 1887
On the 11th April 1887 at the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev D. J. Murray, William Henry Frethey, of Wellington, to Florence Jane, eldest
daughter of Mr John Ransom, of the Lower Hutt.
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Evening Post 18 Apr 1887 Marriage
On 13th April, at the Lower Hutt by the Rev Mr Kirk, Edward Irving, eldest son of the late P. A. Wilkie, to Emma, eldest daughter of Mr Robert Maby;
both of Upper Hutt.
Evening Post 25 Apr 1887 Marriage
On the 20th April, at the Wesleyan Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev D. J. Murray, William, eldest son of James Routley, of Devonshire, to Mary J.,
eldest daughter of John Knott, Lincolnshire, England. Home papers please copy.
Evening Post 30 May 1887 Marriage
On the 26th May, at Mornington Presbyterian Church, Dunedin, by the Rev R. J. Porter, A. Meredith Whitehead, M.B.C.M., of Petone, Wellington, to
Mary Isabella, eldest daughter of the late W. Allan, Esq., of Kelvinside, Glasgow, and grand-daughter of the late Colonel J. H. Cave, H.E.I.C.
Evening Post 09 Jun 1887 Marriage
On 8th June 1887, at Petone, by the Rev D. J. Murray, Walter, youngest son of John Crossley, Elland, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, to Fanny Maria,
second daughter of Samuel George Rushton, late of Greatbridge, Staffordshire, England.
Evening Post 22 Jun 1887 Marriage
On 16th June 1887, at Petone, by the Rev William Kirk, Edward Belton, eldest son of H. J. Pilcher, to Kate Philips, second daughter of the late William
Radcliffe, of Christchurch.
Evening Post 01 Aug 1887 Marriage
On 1st August, at the Lower Hutt, by the Rev P. N. Hunter, William Williams, of Napier, to Lydia Myrtle Devereux, of Lower Hutt. No cards.
Evening Post 03 Aug 1887 Marriage
On the 30th July, at St Paul’s Cathedral, by the Rev J. Lush, A. A. Cometti, of Petone, to Edith Mary, eldest daughter of the late James Cotter, and
grand-daughter of Pierce Cotter, Esq., of Greytown, Wairarapa. Wairarapa papers please copy.
Wairarapa Daily Times 17 Aug 1887 Marriage
On the 10th inst., at the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev D. J. Murray, Axel Bonde, Carterton, to Maria, second daughter of Mr T. F. Bennett,
Lower Hutt.
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Wairarapa Daily Times 08 Sep 1887 Marriage
On 5th September 1887, at the Presbyterian Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev D. J. Rogers, William James, second son of Mr R. R. Laurent,
Pahautanui, to Mathilda Nicoline, second daughter of Mr M. C. Wilder, of Carterton, Wairarapa. Wairarapa papers please copy.
Evening Post 18 Nov 1887 Marriage
On 16th November, at the Lower Hutt, by the Rev D. J. Murray, James Knight, of Springmeadows, Cambelltown, Manawatu, second son of James
Knight, Esq., Penrose, Lower Hutt, to Ellen Rowlinson Easby, eldest daughter of Richard Cobden Easby, granddaughter of the late John Easby, Esq.,
Manchester, correspondent for the London Era, and granddaughter of Thomas Foden, Esq., tea merchant, Hulme, Manchester.
Evening Post 21 Dec 1887 Marriages
On 30th November 1887, at Petone, by the Rev W. Kirk, Henry James Mead, second son of the late Robert Edmonds, of Somerset, England, to
Phoebe Agnes, youngest daughter of the late William Theodore Lechner, of Rotorua.
On the 20th December, at the residence of the bride’s father, Arthur Gadsby, of Taita, to Sarah, third daughter of T. F. Bennett, Waiwetu.
1888
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On 01 Mar 1888 at the residence of Mr Duncan James Britian Whitehead, 48yrs, bachelor, farmer of the Hutt, born Norfolk England, son of Britain
William Whitehead and Eliza Whitehead nee Thurlow to Mary Moffet, 39yrs, spinster of Wellington, born Belfast Ireland, dau of William Moffet, land
steward and Eliza Moffet nee Abernethy.
Evening Post 19 Mar 1888 Marriages
On 10th March, at Wellington, George Burns, of Upper Hutt, to Mary, second daughter of W. Rouse, of Petone.
On 15th March, at St James Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Mr Jones, Albert James, second son of the late William Arnold, Birmingham, England, to
Rosetta, eldest daughter of Mr Frederick Herdman; both of Petone.
Evening Post 16 Apr 1888 Marriage
On 12th April, at Wellington, James Henry, youngest son of William James Carter, of London, to Annie May, youngest daughter of Thomas Henderson,
of Petone.
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On 18 Apr 1888 at the residence of Charles Gardner – the bridegroom
Charles Gardner, 25yrs, bachelor, clerk of Pipitea Street, born Hull England, son of Charles Gardner, jeweller and Hannah Maria Gardner nee Leggott
to Mary Jane Walker, 19yrs, spinster of Taita, born Upper Hutt, dau of John Walker, settler and Margaret Walker nee Brown.
Wairarapa Daily Times 29 May 1888 Marriage
On the 24th May, at the Wesleyan Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev William Kirk, Henry Chappell of Wellington, to Isabelle, third daughter of James
Wilkie, Esq., Motueka.
Wairarapa Daily Times 30 Jul 1888 Married
On the 28th July, 1888, at St Mark’s Church, Carterton, by the Rev W. Ballachey, Henry William, the only son of Mr Edward Clay, to Edith, fifth
daughter of the late Mr George Greeks of the Hutt. Wellington papers please copy.
Evening Post 30 Aug 1938 Golden Wedding
On August 30, 1888, at St James’s Church, Lower Hutt, Charles Henry Lewis Palmer, to Clara Perry. Present address: Longburn.
Evening Post 11 Oct 1888 Marriage
On 12th September, 1888, at Albert Park, Sydney, by the Rev S. Kent, of St Silas’ Church of England, Samuel, seventh son of the late William Judd,
Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand, to Annie Eliza, eldest daughter of G. Johnson, Esq., Berringa, High-street, Windsor, Melbourne.
Evening Post 12 Nov 1888 Marriage
On 8th November, 1888, at the Presbyterian Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev T. Macdonald, Walter King, to Catherine Sinclair; both of Wellington.
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Evening Post 05 Jan 1889 Marriage
On the 28th November, at the English Church, Petone, by the Rev Mr Jones, James, youngest son of Mr William Horsfall, Ashburton, to Rose Flora
Hepezebah, eldest daughter of Mr Walter Walsh, of Petone.
Evening Post 31 Jan 1889 Marriage
On Wednesday, 30th inst., at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Joshua Jones, Reginald John Keith Jackson, of the Hutt, barrister-at-law, to
Marion, eldest daughter of Gilbert Pearce, Esq., of Devonshire, England.
Evening Post 07 Mar 1889 Marriages
On the 6th March, at the residence of C. H. Treadwell, Esq., Lower Hutt, by the Rev C. S. Ogg, M.A., Arthur Langdon, eldest son of E. B. Parsons,
Esq., Auckland, to Lily, daughter of the late John Lawrance, Esq., Manchester, England.
Evening Post 13 Apr 1889 Marriage
On 25th March, 1889, by the Rev W. Lee, Edw. Price, only son of the late Edw. Price, of Birmingham, to Florence Webb, fourth daughter of Thomas
Webb, Upper Hutt. Tasmanian and Palmerston papers please copy.
Evening Post 30 Apr 1889 Marriages
On 12th April, at Petone, by the Rev J. K. Elliott, Frederick William, eldest son of Mr F. Junker, Lyell, to Annie Cochrane, eldest daughter of Mr M.
Hamilton, Petone.
On the 25th April, 1889, at St James Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Joshua Jones, John Henry Whitton, eldest son of the late Mr J. H. Whitton, to
Miss E. J. Smith, second daughter of the late Mr J. Smith; both of the Lower Hutt.
Evening Post 04 May 1889 Marriage
On 22nd April, at the residence of Mr H. McGregor, Harriet-street, by the Rev James Paterson, Samuel, only son of the late Joseph Thacker, Dunedin,
to Emily, second daughter of the late William Star Stevenson, Taita, Lower Hutt.
Evening Post 17 Jul 1889 Marriage
On the 19th June, 1889, at St John’s Church, Upper Hutt, by the Rev Mr Jones, Job Charles Mabey, son of Mr Job Mabey, Taita, to E. A. Benge,
eldest daughter of Mr John Benge, Mungaroa.
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Evening Post 20 Jul 1889 Marriage
On 5th July, at Petone, by the Rev Alexander Thompson, T. Judd, to E. Godfrey. Sydney papers please copy.
Evening Post 01 Oct 1889 Marriage
On the 18th of September at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Mr Jones, George Chittick, to Mary De Rosa, only daughter of Ernest De
Rosa, Lower Hutt. No cards, but some cake.
Evening Post 10 Dec 1889 Marriage
On the 20th November 1889 at the Church of England, Petone, by the Rev Mr Jones, of the Lower Hutt, Abraham David Dowsett, third son of Mr C.
Dowsett, Wellington, to Charlotte Ellen Smith, eldest daughter of John Smith, of Petone, late of Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, England.
Evening Post 13 Dec 1889 Marriage
On the 7th December, at the Roman Catholic Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Father Lane, John W. Taylor, to Kate Mary, relict of the late W. E. S.
Hickson.
Evening Post 21 Dec 1889 Marriage
On the 30th October, at Christ Church, South Yarra, by the Rev Horace Tucker, assisted by the Rev S. C. Kent and the Rev H. Brooksbank, William
Parton, second son of W. P. Buckhurst, Esq., of Goodrest, South Yarra, to Gertrude, eldest daughter of William Mowbray, Esq., the Hutt, Wellington,
New Zealand.
Evening Post 27 Dec 1889 Marriage
On 12th December at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Joshua Jones, James Joseph, eldest son of Mr Archibald Coulter, of Petone, to
Elizabeth, third daughter of Mr Christopher Somerville, County Tyrone, Ireland.
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Evening Post 28 Jan 1890 Marriage
On the 21st January, at the residence of the bride’s parents, Upper Hutt, by the Rev Mr Kirk, assisted by the Rev Mr Fell, William Arthur Kitchen, late
of Wanganui, to Alice Ada Haybittle, of Trentham, Upper Hutt.
Evening Post 29 Jan 1890 Marriage
On 14th August 1889, at Church of England, Lower Hutt, by Rev J. Jones, William Alfred Fordham, to Lilian Martha, third daughter of J. K. Little, Esq.,
of Nelson.
Evening Post 19 Mar 1890 Marriage
On the 7th March, 1890, by the Rev Alexander Thompson, at St David’s Presbyterian Church, Petone, Benjamin George, eldest son of John Davis,
mariner, of West Melbourne, Victoria, to Maggie, eldest daughter of William Rogers, confectioner, late of Lyttelton. Melbourne and Dunedin papers
please copy.
Marlborough Express 20 Mar 1915 Silver Wedding
On March 20th, 1890, at the residence of the bride’s parents, Maxwell Road, Blenheim, by the Rev W. O. Robb: Ruth Anne, eldest daughter of the late
Alex. Knight, to James Cameron, Edinburgh (constable) now of Lower Hutt.
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On 16 Apr 1890 at The Manse
Edward Till, 32yrs, bachelor, butcher of Upper Hutt, born Cannock Staffordshire, son of John Till, contractor and Ann Till nee Fellows to Elizabeth
Wood, 34yrs, widow Jan 1889 of Upper Hutt, born County Tyrone Ireland, dau of Charles Milne, blacksmith and Lea Hannah Milne nee Russell.
Evening Post 25 Apr 1890 Marriage
On 23rd April, 1890, at St Andrew’s Church, Christchurch, by the Rev Gordon Webster, M.A., assisted by the Rev W. R. Campbell, Amuri, the Rev
John Walter Hope, M.A., The Hutt, Wellington, elder son of the late Rev Peter Hope, Edinburgh, to May Rose, second daughter of the late Thomas
Hodgson Parkinson, Esq., Park Hill, Gebbie’s Valley, Canterbury.
Evening Post 19 Jul 1890 Marriage
On the 16th July, at the Catholic Church, Pahautanui, by the Rev Father Lane, David F. Bourke, of Pahiatua, to Alice Winifred, youngest daughter of
the late Henry Abbott, Esq., Horokiwi Valley.
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Evening Post 25 Nov 1890 Marriage
At St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, a quiet little wedding took place this morning, when Mr R. Stansfield, District Manager of the New Zealand Accident
Insurance Company, was united to Miss Kate M. Mowbray, second daughter of Mr William Mowbray, principal of the Thorndon State School. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev James McWilliam, of Otaki. The bride was attended by her sisters Misses Annie and Nellie Mowbray, and Miss Gladys Buckhurst
as bridesmaids, and Messrs Alexander Gray and W. H. Millward acted as groomsmen. Mr and Mrs Stansfield, who are both well known in Wellington, left by
the afternoon train for the North, where they intend spending their wedding trip.
Evening Post 13 Dec 1890 Marriage
On the 6th December, 1890, at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, James Fleet to Mary Jane Morris, both of Lower Hutt.
Evening Post 31 Dec 1890 Marriage
On the 23rd December, at Wainui-o-mata, by the Rev C. H. Laws, J. P. Grossman, to Edith Howitt, third daughter of the late G. S. Searle.
1891
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On 26 Mar 1891 at The Manse
Allan Cameron, 28yrs, bachelor, farmer of the Hutt, born Wellington, son of John Cameron, farmer and Catherine Farmer nee Casie to Adonia Taylor,
21yrs, spinster of Wellington, born Northampton England, dau of Thomas Taylor, soldier and Salvadora Taylor nee Trippland.
Evening Post 04 Apr 1891 Marriage
On the 26th March, 1891, by the Rev James Paterson, Allen, eldest son of the late John Cameron, of Gollan’s Valley, to Adonia, youngest daughter of
the late Sergeant Thomas Taylor, late of the 92nd Highlanders.
Evening Post 06 Apr 1891 Marriage
On 30th March, 1891, by Rev J. Jones, Petone, John Henry, eldest son of Charles Dowsett, chimney sweep, Tinakori-road, to Alice Jane, only
daughter of Joseph Rodhis, of Petone.
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Evening Post 15 May 1891 Marriage
On 7th May, at Wesley Church, Lower Hutt, Frederick William Leonard, youngest son of Rev William Kirk, to Lucy Entwistle, third daughter of Rev W.
J. Watkin.
Evening Post 10 Jul 1891 Marriage
On the 24th June, at St. David’s Church, Petone, by the Rev A. Thompson, John, youngest son of Mr James Cotton, Nelson, to Susan, third daughter
of Mr George King, of Burnside, Petone. Nelson papers please copy.
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On 09 Sep 1891 at the residence of Henry Bryant
Henry Bryant, 36yrs, widower 19 Mar 1889, farmer of Ohariu, born Hutt, son of James Bryant, gardener and Mary Ann Bryant nee Hutchieson to Mary
Ann Rickard, 19yrs, spinster of Wellington, born Wellington, dau of James Rickard, turner and Elizabeth Rickard nee Knowles.
Nelson Evening Mail 09 Oct 1891 Marriage
On the 3rd October, 1891, at the English Church, Petone, by the Rev Joshua Jones, Richard Griffiths, of Tory-street, Wellington, to Katherine E. S.,
eldest daughter of the late James Franklyn, of East Takaka, Nelson.
1892
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On 16 Nov 1891 at The Manse
Edward Whiteman, 37yrs, widower 09 Oct 1886, farmer of Whitemans Valley, born Lower Hutt, son of George Whiteman, farmer and Eliza Whiteman
nee Hooper to Mary Agnes Burrell, 22yrs, spinster of Whitemans Valley, born Upper Hutt, dau of William Burrell, farmer and Emily Burrell nee
Alexander.
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Evening Post 05 Jan 1892 Marriage
On the 31st December, by the Rev William Kirk, at his residence, Blackbridge Lower Hutt, Wallace John Rowe, to Kate Agatha Morley; both of
Wellington. English and Calcutta papers please copy.
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On 09 Mar 1892 at The Manse
Charles Burt, 21yrs, bachelor, blacksmith of Featherston, born Featherston, son of Francis Burt, farmer and Jane Burt nee White to Alice Helen
Greenwood, 21yrs, spinster of Upper Hutt, born Upper Hutt, dau of William Greenwood, engineer and Mary Greenwood nee Hindle.
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On 30 Jul 1892 at the residence of Mr Williamson
George Joseph Taylor, 31yrs, bachelor, gardener of the Hutt, born Plaistow Kent, son of Joseph Jacob Taylor, gardener and Elizabeth Taylor nee
Costin to Isabella Sutherland, 31yrs, spinster of Wellington, born Unst Shetland, dau of Donald Sutherland, fisherman and Martha Sutherland nee
Jameson.
Evening Post 15 Oct 1892 Marriage
On the 13th October, at St James, Lower Hutt, by the Rev J. Jones, John Harrington, of Porirua, to Amy, youngest daughter of Benjamin Burnley,
tailor, Petone.
1893
Evening Post 07 Jan 1893 Marriage
On the 29th November 1892 at the residence of the bride’s father, Coromandel-street, Wellington, by Mr A. F. Turner, Evangelist, Mr Joseph (Silva) de
Simas, of the Lower Hutt, to Esther Anna, eldest daughter of Mr E. J. D. Johnson, of Wellington.
Evening Post 13 Jan 1893 Marriage
On the 12th January, at the residence of the bride’s parents, by the Rev Alex. Thomson, Petone, assisted by the Rev A. Gray, Lower Hutt, Walter
Thompson Gore, eldest son of Thomas Gore Graham, Daff-y-nant, Lower Hutt, to Eliza Caroline, eldest daughter of David Speedy, Methoyn, Belmont.
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Evening Post 16 Jan 1893 Marriage
On Saturday, 14th January 1893 at the residence of Mr Robert Orr, by the Rev W. Cannel, of Hawera, assisted by the Revs F. N. Griffin and J. G.
Chapman, Ernest Broderick, youngest son of Mr W. Jones, to Blanche Beatrice, fifth daughter of the late Mr Thomas Burt, of the Lower Hutt.
Evening Post 20 Mar 1893 Marriage
On the 17th March, at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Bishop of Wellington, assisted by the Rev Mr Jones, incumbent, Hector Love, to Ani
Enaka Taitea; both of the Waiwetu, Lower Hutt.
Evening Post 12 Jun 1893 Marriage
On the 10th June, at St Mark’s Church, Wellington, by the Rev R. Coffey, William Joseph, second son of the late Peter Anderson Wilkie, to Lenna,
second daughter of Phillip Davis, of the Upper Hutt. Wanganui and Wairarapa papers please copy.
Evening Post 07 Aug 1893 Marriage
On 19th July 1893 at Wellington, Alexander Ernest, second son of the late C. Palmer, of Trentham, Upper Hutt, to Lilian May, youngest daughter of the
late William Morris, of Papawai, Greytown. Wairarapa papers please copy.
Evening Post 30 Aug 1893 Marriage
On the 29th August 1893 at 14 College-street, by the Rev J. Kennedy Elliott, B.A., Aleck, youngest son of the late Mr John Scholes, of Belmont, Lower
Hutt, Wellington, to Kate, second daughter of Mr A. Ferguson, Bannockburn, Cromwell, Otago.
Evening Post 01 Sep 1893 Marriage
On the 14th June, 1893, at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Joshua Jones, George Lewens, to Harriet Barner; both of Trentham, Upper Hutt.
Evening Post 07 Sep 1893 Marriage
On the 5th instant, at Knox Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev C. S. Ogg, M.A., the Rev Andrew Gray, to Christina Wilson, elder daughter of the late
William Glasgow, of Alloway, Ayr, Scotland.
Evening Post 06 Dec 1943 Golden Wedding
CLOUT-STAGG – On December 5, 1893, at St Paul’s Cathedral Church, Wellington by the late Rev Mr Sprott, Nora Maud, daughter of the late Mrs
Norris, Wilts, England, to George William, son of the late William Clout, Lower Hutt. Present address: 144 Martin St., Wallaceville, Upper Hutt.
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Evening Post 07 Dec 1893 Marriage
On Wednesday, 6th December, at the residence of the bride’s parents, by the Rev T. G. Carr, Henry George, second son of William Whyatt Lockett, of
Surrey, to Ada Florence, second daughter of Alfred Harrowby, Lower Hutt.
1894
Evening Post 10 Jan 1894 Marriage
On Tuesday, 9th January, 1894, by Father Lane, Mr Bernard Larkin, Marine Hotel, Petone, fourth son of James Larkin, Ireland, to Kate Fitzpatrick,
second daughter of David Fitzpatrick, County Cork, Ireland, farmer, Lower Hutt.
Evening Post 02 May 1894 Marriage
On the 30th April, at St James Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Joshua Jones, assisted by the Rev C. Harrison, Alexander Mowat, of Marlborough, to
Marion Frances Ada Johnston, of Lower Hutt.
Evening Post 26 May 1894 Marriage
On the 24th May 1894 at the residence of the bride’s parents, by the Rev T. G. Carr, Wesley, son of Mr James Knight, of Penrose, Lower Hutt, to
Emily Augusta, eldest daughter of Mr Alfred Harrowby, of Lower Hutt. Manawatu and Rangitikei papers please copy.
Evening Post 01 Jun 1894 Marriage
On the 30th May 1894 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Father Donnelly, assisted by the Rev Father Lane, William
Davies, of Lower Hutt, elder son of John Davies, of Christchurch, to Philippa Benitnis, third daughter of John Dowling, of Hokitika.
Evening Post 17 Oct 1894 Marriage
On the 16th October, 1894, at the residence of the bride’s parents, by the Rev A. Gray, J. Compton, of Coonoor, to Jinnie, second daughter of Jesse
Wright, farmer, Blackbridge, Hutt.
Evening Post 24 Dec 1894 Marriage
On the 24th instant, at St Peter’s Church, Wellington, by the Rev W. C. Waters, George Thomas, eldest son of George Mason, London, to Eva
Elizabeth, daughter of the late Captain Hand, P. and O. service.
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1895
Wanganui Herald 08 Jan 1895 Marriage
At the Lower Hutt, on the 31st December 1894, Joseph Henry, eldest son of Joseph Pidwell, of Wanganui, to Mary, eldest daughter of Huston
Campbell, of Waiwetu, Lower Hutt. [Wellington papers please copy.]
Evening Post 01 Mar 1895 Marriage
On the 25th February, at St Mary of the Angels, by the Rev Father Goggan, R. A. Heise, to Margaret Josephine, eldest daughter of the late George
Knight, of Lower Hutt.
Evening Post 06 May 1895 Marriage
On the 27th March, at St Peter’s Church, Wellington, by the Rev W. C. Waters, Edmund, fourth son of Stephen Mudgway, Petone, to Nellie, only
daughter of the late Ralph Barron, Christchurch.
Evening Post 12 Nov 1920 Marriage
On the 12th November, 1895 at St John’s Church, Upper Hutt, by Rev P. L. Cameron, George William, eldest son of Mr and Mrs E. G. Lowe, of Maystreet, Wellington, to Minnie Edith, eldest daughter of Mr and the late Mrs W. G. Gard, Silverstream. (Silver wedding)
1896
Evening Post 11 Jan 1896 Marriage
On the 24th December at the office of the Registrar, Auckland, Maurice James, eldest son of Francis Houlihan, of Auckland and Rama Rama, to
Annie, fourth daughter of the late Benjamin Gwilliam, of Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England and Lower Hutt.
Evening Post 08 Sep 1896 Marriage
On the 26th August, at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Joshua Jones, Sidney Clarke, second son of C. D. Barraud, Esq., Fern Glen, the
Terrace, to Annie Clair, third daughter of W. Mowbray, Esq., Elmwood, Lower Hutt.
Evening Post 23 Sep 1896 Marriage
On the 23rd of September, at Wellington, William, fourth son of James Johnson, of Whiteman’s Valley, to Sarah Jane, eldest daughter of Andrew
Gorrie, Esq., of Whiteman’s Valley.
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Evening Post 13 Oct 1896 Marriage
On 12th October 1896 at St James’s, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Joshua Jones, W. H. Gifford to Alice May Condis. Christchurch papers please copy.
Evening Post 28 Nov 1896 Marriage
On the 9th November, 1896, at St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Joshua Jones, Robert Withington, eldest son of Edwin Turner, to Charlotte,
fourth daughter of George White; both of Petone.
1897
Evening Post 04 Jan 1897 Marriage
On the 26th December, 1896 at the residence of the bride’s parents, Bijou Nurseries, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Mr Grey, Samuel Potter, telegraphist, to
Alice Caroline, third surviving daughter of Mr F. Cooper.
Evening Post 10 May 1897 Marriage
On the 20th April, at St John’s Church, Upper Hutt, by the Rev P. L. Cameron, Charles Pierce, eldest son of the late Thomas Cotter, of Silverstream, to
Hannah Jane, youngest daughter of the late Peter Pearson, of Trentham.
Evening Post 28 Jun 1897 Marriage
On 17th June, 1897, at Petone, by the Rev A. Thomson, Hugh, eldest son of J. L. Wilson, of Christchurch, to Elizabeth, third daughter of the late John
Allender, Petone.
Evening Post 27 Nov 1897 Marriage
On 22nd November, at the Roman Catholic Church, Johnsonville, by the Rev Father Lane, Michael, sixth son of Laurence Farrelly, of Hamua, to Mary,
eldest daughter of James Butler, Lower Hutt.
Evening Post 10 Dec 1897 Marriage
On the 8th December, 1897, at Petone, Young Lee, youngest son of Mr Young Lee, of Hong Kong, to Mary Catherine, youngest daughter of Mr John
Thomas, farmer, Newtown, North Wales.
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Evening Post 23 Sep 1898 Marriage
On 22nd September, at Taita, by Rev A. Gray, James, eldest son of Mrs James Reston, Wellington, to Jane, fifth daughter of Charles Bradshaw, Taita.
Evening Post 10 Oct 1899 Marriage
On 4th October, at the Wesleyan Church, Nelson-street, Petone, by the Rev Mr Gray, Halsewell David (Jack), son of David Drummond, of Nelson, to
Cecilia Amelia (Cissy), daughter of Joseph Quaintance, of Wainui-o-mata.
1899
Wanganui Herald 28 Jul 1899 Marriage
At the residence of the bride’s sister, Mrs G. J. Browne, Sydney Place, Wanganui, on 22nd July 1899, by the Rev R. M. Ryburn, M.A., James, second
son of James Williamson, Shortland, Scotland, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Mr George Stratton, builder, Lower Hutt, Wellington.
Wellington papers please copy.
1900
Evening Post 23 May 1900 Marriage
On the 2nd May, at the residence of Mrs Chapman, sen., Hope Farm, Petone, by the Rev E. Eldridge, George McIlvride to Mary Emma, only daughter
of the late Mr James McKie.
Evening Post 03 Nov 1900 Marriage
On 31st October 1900, at St Peter’s Church, by the Rev Mr Davis, Leonard Charles, eldest son of Alfred Charles Haines to Sarah Selina, eldest
daughter of William Clout, of Waiwetu.
Evening Post 13 Nov 1900 Marriage
On the 10th November, 1900, at the residence of Mrs Palamountain, Nelson-street, Petone, by the Rev W. B. Marten, Joseph Hall, builder, late of
Lower Hutt, to Grace Ellen Palamountain, of Petone.
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Evening Post 07 Aug 1901 Marriage
On the 31st July, 1901, at the residence of the bride’s parents, Blackbridge, Lower Hutt, by the Rev E. Eldridge, Philip Henry, eldest son of the late
Thomas Gosse, England, to Nina Mary, second daughter of Samuel Smith, of Blackbridge, Lower Hutt.
1902
Evening Post 11 Jan 1902 Marriage
On 21st December 1901 at 22 Tasman-street, by the Rev J. K. Elliott, John William, eldest son of the late John Boyce, to Josephine (Tottie), daughter
of Joseph Quaintance, Wainuiomata.
1905
Evening Post 20 Dec 1905 Marriage
On Wednesday 6th December, at St Columb’s Church, Hawthorn, Melbourne, by the Rev Canon Nash, Cyril Edward, only son of William Plunkett
Cole, of Taita, to Rachel Reid, only child of Mrs Broome, “Redbraes,” Bayswater, Victoria.
1906
Evening Post 03 Sep 1906 Marriage
On the 29th August at Taihape, by the Rev Father Lecroix, James Stanley, eldest son of James Gardiner, Petone, to Gertrude Alice, eldest daughter of
Richard Healey, late of Dunedin.
Evening Post 29 Sep 1906 Marriage
On the 9th August, at the Catholic Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Father Lane, Walter Henry Futter, third son of W. Futter, of Wellington, to Olive
Florence Cudby, second daughter of Charles Cudby, of Lower Hutt.
Evening Post 08 Oct 1906 Marriage
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On the 25th September 1906 at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Petone, by the Rev Father Maples, Charles Hermann, eldest son of Carl Unverricht,
of Wainui-o-mata, to Mary Ann, second daughter of John Joseph Levey, of Petone. Napier and Palmerston North papers please copy.
1907
Evening Post 05 Jan 1907 Marriage
On the 27th December 1906 at St James’s Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Joshua Jones, Joseph Dudley Rayner, youngest son of Ewin Joseph
Rayner, of Enfield, Middlesex, to Uneta Jane, eldest daughter of the late William Cocking of Gollan’s Valley, and of Mrs Cassell, of Park-avenue,
Taita.
Evening Post 15 Apr 1907 Marriage
On the 2nd April, at St Mark’s, Wellington, Lyndon Aplin, Petone, to Nellie, eldest daughter of Mrs Price, “The Bungalow,” Roxburgh-street, Wellington.
Feilding Star 27 Jul 1907 Marriage
On Wednesday, July 24th, 1907, at St Augustine’s, Petone by the Rev J. D. Russell, George Alexander Bailey, second son of the late Henry G. Bailey,
of “The Retreat,” Bunnythorpe, to E. M. Voss, daughter of Mr C. Voss, Halcombe.
Dominion 18 Nov 1907 Marriage
On November 16, at St James’s Church, Lower Hutt, Henry Ernest Carey, to Olive Cecily Mildred Heaton, daughter of the late A. M. Heaton, C.E.
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New Zealand Tablet 19 Nov 1908 Archdiocese of Wellington - Marriage
At the Lower Hutt Catholic Church on Tuesday Miss K. T. Haggerty was married to Mr W. J. Hayes, eldest son of Mr Edmund Hayes. The ceremony
was performed by Very Rev. Father Lane, assisted by Rev. Father Walshe.
Evening Post 31 Dec 1908 Women in Print
A pretty wedding – that of Miss Margaret Josephine McGrath, of Taita, to Mr W. H. McMenamin, of the Lower Hutt – took place yesterday at the
Catholic Church. The Rev Father Lane, assisted by the Rev Father Walshe, performed the ceremony. The bridal gown was of Princess satin and real
lace, and the bridesmaids were Miss M. McGrath, in pink silk, and a picturesque black hat with roses, and Miss McMenamin, in white silk with white
hat wreathed with roses. Two wee bridesmaids, Miss A. McParland and Miss Ivey Dunphy, of Blenheim, wore white embroidered muslins. Mr J. J.
McGrath was best man, and Mr J. J. McMenamin groomsman. A large reception – the guests numbered two hundred – followed at the residence of
Mr McGrath at the Taita, and dancing was kept up in a marquee till a late hour.
1910
Evening Post 29 Jan 1910 Marriages
On January 25, 1910, at Church of Christ, Petone, by Mr D. M. McCrackett, Frank, youngest son of Mr William Blake, Petone to Rose, fourth daughter
of Mr A. Peters, Lower Hutt.
At the Petone Baptist Church, on 26th January, by the Rev A. Dewdney, John Vincent, second son of the late J. V. Dyke, of England, to Alice Maud,
second daughter of Mr and Mrs W. H. Shardlow, of Petone.
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1911
Manawatu Standard 18 Jan 1911 Marriage
On January 18, 1911, at the Presbyterian Church, by the Rev A. Doull, M.A., H. Goile, second son of J. Goile, Parewanui, to Miss Elizabeth Felix,
second daughter of Mrs C. Emery, Sydney Street, Petone. Petone and Wellington papers please copy.
Dominion 18 Mar 1911 Marriage
On March 11th, 1911, at St James’s Anglican Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Joshua Jones, George Lyon, M.B., and C.M., of Banff, Scotland, and
Ashburton, Canterbury, to Nesta Gladys Evers-Swindell, youngest daughter of Wilfred Evers-Swindell, Esq., Bournham Grange, Gloucester, England.
At home after April 1st.
1913
Evening Post 30 Jan 1913 Marriage
On the 28th January, at Lower Hutt, by the Rev A. Thomson, Petone, Elizabeth Ballantine, daughter of Ex-Bailie Dalgleish, late of Dalkeith, Scotland,
to Robert Drummond, son of the late Robert Wallace, Esq., ‘Auckenbrain,’ Mauchline, Scotland.
Wairarapa Daily Times 08 Nov 1913 Personal Matters
At Petone on Wednesday, Mr Archibald Smith, son of Mr Joseph Smith, of Eketahuna, was married to Miss Kate Silva, daughter of Mr J. E. Silva, of
Petone.
1914
Evening Post 19 Jan 1914 Marriage
On 14th January, 1914, at St Peter’s and St Paul’s, Lower Hutt, by the Rev Dean Lane, Francis Scullion, second son of John Scullion, Londonderry,
Ireland, to Margaret, second daughter of William Neazor, Lower Hutt.
Dominion 20 Feb 1914 Marriage
On February 10, 1914, by the Rev J. K. Elliott, B.A., Percy Richard, second son of Henry Workman, Kaikoura, to Eva Maude, second daughter of
James and Lillian Walsh, late of Petone.
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Evening Post 28 Feb 1914 Marriage
On the 26th January 1914, at the residence of the bride’s uncle (Mr C. H. Mansell, Vauxhall-road, Devonport, Auckland), by the Rev W. Bligh, George
Douglas McEwen, of Britannia-street, Petone, to Alice Louise, daughter of Mrs Daniels, late of Newtown, Wellington.
Evening Post 02 Mar 1914 Marriage
On the 25th February, 1914, at Lower Hutt Methodist Church, by the Rev J. W. Lewis, of Petone, Leonard Jenness, youngest son of Mr G. L. Jenness,
to Charlotte Ethel, eldest daughter of B. W. Bird.
Dominion 20 Jul 1914 Marriage
On July 18, 1914, at St James Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev J. Jones, Harold Godfrey, youngest son of Mr and Mrs W. Heath, New Barnet, Herts.,
England, to Helen Mary, eldest daughter of the late Mr A. M. Heaton, (C.E.), and Mrs Heaton, ‘Ridgeside’, Lower Hutt. Auckland papers please copy.
1915
Evening Post 18 Jan 1915 Marriage
On the 14th January, at the Methodist Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev W. Beckett, Charles Wallace, fourth son of Mrs Fairweather, Lower Riccarton, to
Lilian Vera, sixth daughter of D. McKain, Weraroa.
Evening Post 08 Apr 1915 Marriage
On Wednesday, the 7th April, 1915, at St James’s Church, Newtown, Wellington, by Rev W. Shirer, Frederick William Greenfield, Petone, to Mabel
Annie Bertaud, youngest daughter of Mrs A. Bertaud, Wellington.
Evening Post 20 Aug 1915 Women in Print
The marriage of Miss Doris Pocknall to Mr W. A. Collett was celebrated at the Church of Christ, Lower Hutt. There was a large gathering of friends
and the chapel was very prettily decorated. Mr Herbert Grinstead officiated, and the service was a choral one.
Dominion 02 Dec 1915 Marriage
On November 24, 1915, at the residence of Mr Neil Doneghue, 75 Esplanade, Petone, Wellington, N.Z., by Herbert Grinstead (Evangelist), Everard
John Browne, of Bristol, England, to Olive Constance, only daughter of Mrs Neil Doneghue, and grand-daughter of the late William Blake, of Petone,
No cards. English, Australian and Wanganui papers please copy.
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1917
Evening Post 10 Mar 1917 Marriage
On the 3rd March, at Kent-terrace Presbyterian Church, by Rev A. Bruce Todd, Corporal Matthew Charles Carter, New Zealand Field Artillery, to
Catherine, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Findlay, Petone.
Hutt Valley Independent 21 Apr 1917 Marriage
At St Joseph’s Church, Upper Hutt, on Tuesday, April 17, 1917 Leonard John, eldest son of Robert Danahay of Wanganui, to Jessie Margaret, second
daughter of Angus J. McCurdy of Upper Hutt.
Evening Post 10 May 1917 Marriage
On the 9th April, 1917, at the residence of the bride’s parents, William Edwin, of Pio Pio, second son of William Nicholson, of the Lower Hutt, to Letitia,
eldest daughter of George Symonds, of Haku, Te Kuiti.
Evening Post 16 Oct 1917 Marriage
At St Albans, Muritai, Eastbourne, on the 3rd October, 1917, by the Rev Gardner, Lieutenant Sydney Bagshawe Probert, N.Z. Rifle Brigade, eldest son
of Walter Probert, of Eastbourne, Wellington, to Mabel Dora, eldest daughter of Edward Stanton, of Dawley House, Edithburg, South Australia.
Evening Post 31 Oct 1917 Marriage
On the 27th October 1917 at Wellington, by the Rev Reader, Leslie Victor, third son of the late James Smith, of Petone, and Louisa Smith, to Fanny,
only daughter of H. and J. Monk, of Petone.
1918
Evening Post 13 Jul 1918 Marriage
On the 29th May, 1918 at Knox Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev J. McCaw, William Henry, son of Mr and Mrs W. F. Rennie, of Petone, to Eleanor, third
daughter of Mr and Mrs A. W. Williamson, “Brandon”, Lower Hutt.
Evening Post 26 Aug 1918 Marriage
On the 15th August, 1918, at St James’s Church, Lower Hutt, John McVicker, second son of Mr and Mrs Corson, “Randwick,” Lower Hutt to Ruth
Helen, third daughter of Mr and Mrs Jas. Cameron, Lower Hutt.
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1919
Evening Post 23 Aug 1919 Marriage
On the 22nd July 1919 at St Barnabas Church, Khandallah, by the Rev Herbert Wilson, Jack, the second son of Mr J. Yarrall, Koromiko, Marlborough,
to Anita Florenza, the second daughter of the late Giuseppe Renai, formerly of Petone.
1920
Evening Post 05 Mar 1920 Marriage
At Wellington on February 5th, 1920, Frank Shirley Spilman, late of Gisborne and N.Z.E.F., to Rita Violet Hislop, only daughter of Mrs H. Pratley, of
Lower Hutt.
Evening Post 10 Apr 1920 Women in Print
On Wednesday last the wedding took place, at St James’s, Lower Hutt, of Miss Tighe, elder daughter of Mrs Purdy, to Mr Clyde Aston, son of Mrs
Murray Aston, Kelburn. The bride wore a gown of white satin and marquisette over shell pink ninon, with black directoire hat and white ospreys; she
carried a bouquet of white and pink Malmaison carnations. The bridesmaid was Miss Alison Purdy, whose frock was of primrose georgette, with black
tulle hat, and posy of yellow arbutilons and autumn leaves. Mr Barnard Aston was best man. After the ceremony the guests – relatives and a few
intimate friends – were received by Colonel and Mrs Purdy at their home. Later Mr and Mrs Aston left for the South.
Evening Post 10 Apr 1920 Marriages
On the 18th March, 1920, at St Andrew’s Church, Wellington, by Rev W. J. Comrie, Vernon George, eldest son of Mrs Jessie Chapman, of Ngaio, to
Holly, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs J. C. Mackley, of Lower Hutt.
On the 7th April, 1920, at St Mark’s Church, Wellington, by the Rev A. T. B. Page, Henry Victor, eldest son of Mr and Mrs H. Rowe, Petone, to
Gwendoline Vera, youngest daughter of Mrs E. Reyling and the late Mr F. Reyling, of Wellington.
Evening Post 29 May 1920 Marriages
On May 19, at Makara, by the Rev McCaw, Lewis, fourth son of Mr and Mrs Bartosh, of Taita, Lower Hutt, to Martha, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs
Schirnack, Makara.
On May 25, 1920, at St David’s Church, Petone, Ella Florence, third daughter of Mr and Mrs C. P. Brockelbank, of Petone, to George Burnett, eldest
son of Mr and Mrs G. B. Brunton, of Dormett, Canterbury, and formerly of Masterton.
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1922
Evening Post 21 Nov 1922 Marriage
On the 25th October, 1922, at Carterton, by Rev Father Hegarty, Dr R. Dunlop Barron, of Lower Hutt, youngest son of the late A. Barron, Wellington, to
Emily Josephine Sullivan, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs G. Sullivan, Whakatane (late of Pahiatua).
1924
Evening Post 13 Nov 1924 Marriage
On the 29th October 1924, at St Mary of the Angels Presbytery, by the Rev Father Ainsworth, Charles Edward, son of the late Captain and Mrs
Backstrom, of Trentham, to Ida Maud, youngest daughter of Mrs and stepdaughter of Mr Heber Brown, Glenavon, Kelburn.
1925
Evening Post 19 Aug 1925 Marriage
On the 12th August 1925, at St James Church, Lower Hutt by the Rev A. L. Hansell, Henry Nelson Hanson to Lilian Edith Schuster, eldest daughter of
the late Mr and Mrs Schuster, Lower Hutt.
1926
Evening Post 20 Jul 1926 Marriage
On the 7th June, 1926, at St David’s Presbyterian Church, Petone, John Smith, eldest son of Mr J. S. Jackson, Petone, to Matilda Alexandra, youngest
daughter of Mr J. Quested, of Westport.
1929
Evening Post 23 Apr 1929 Marriage
On the 8th April, 1929, by the Rev Mr Woodward, at St James’s Church, Lower Hutt, Frederick William Schirnack, of Makara, to Marjorie, third
daughter of Mrs Prestidge, Valentine street, Lower Hutt.
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